DOJ Struggles to Convince Judges to End Foreign Student Lawsuits

It’s been a year since the Trump administration abruptly terminated the US legal status of thousands of foreign students, only to reinstate them weeks later amid a wave of lawsuits.

Although some cases quickly ended, other students continued to press claims and judges have been denying Justice Department bids to dismiss those suits, finding US officials failed to assure them it won’t happen again. The effect has been to keep this chaotic episode from early in President Donald Trump’s second term alive in court.

In the past month alone, at least five judges rejected Justice Department arguments that individual ...