New ban halted, but foreign student applications fall

Two federal judges last week blocked President Donald Trump’s new executive order temporarily banning entry into the United States from six Muslim countries – Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Syria – which was due to begin after midnight on Thursday. 

Meanwhile, a new survey suggests international student applications are falling as a result of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant stance and fear of further restrictions or an extension of the travel ban to other countries being imposed.

A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide order last Wednesday evening blocking the ban on entry from the six countries – specifically citing the impact it would have on the University of Hawaii – and on Thursday a federal judge in Maryland issued a separate order blocking both entry from the six countries and the suspension of entry by refugees from anywhere.
 

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