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The Trump administration will back off on terminating the legal status of international students. The move comes after many students, including two from Ohio State, filed court challenges.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington D.C. ordered President Donald Trump and his administration to reintstate Ohio State University graduate student Ahwar Sultan's record in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) to Active status.

More than five dozen international students from colleges throughout Ohio have had their visas pulled by federal authorities in recent weeks.

Ohio State University Police charged at least one student with trespassing after they spoke against the federal government revoking the visa of OSU graduate student Ahwar Sultan. Jineen Musa, the student who was charged, says Sultan and his lawyer were also threatened with the criminal charge.

U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley granted the temporary restraining order in a case filed by Ohio State doctoral student Prasanna Oruganti, whose visa was revoked.

Ohio State President Ted Carter was at the White House Monday to celebrate the Ohio State Buckeyes' National Championship win over Notre Dame. At the same time, Carter is expected to have private conversations with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Ohio State University spokesman Ben Johnson confirmed the increase in a statement to WOSU on Thursday.

A university spokesman said Ohio State officials don't know why the students' visas were revoked.

The bills, which have an uncertain path in the Senate, would create a process for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to earn permanent resident status and eventual citizenship.

The change means the wait is over for hundreds of thousands of job-seeking foreigners and those pursuing permanent residency in the U.S. to apply for the coveted immigration documents.