There were reunions on college campuses across the country this weekend, after a federal judge temporarily blocked an executive order by President Trump barring travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including those on student visas, from entering the United States.
The ruling, issued late Friday by Judge James L. Robart of the Federal District Court in Seattle, set off a scramble by students and scholars from the affected countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — who had been stranded overseas to book flights to the United States. It’s unclear how narrow the window to return will be for those stuck outside the country. The Trump administration has appealed the ruling and written arguments in the case are due before an appellate court on Monday.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/article/ReunionsSighs-of-Relief/239127