MIT walks back threat to suspend pro-Palestinian student protesters due to visa issues

Massachusetts Institute of Technology administrators recently explained they would not suspend students who participated in an Israel-Hamas war rally over concern that some of them would be deported as they are in the country on student visas.

She noted that students who defied school mandates in the face of suspension 'will remain enrolled at MIT and will be able to attend academic classes and labs,' a consequence that she added would be reviewed by separate officials. Citing MIT’s website, Haaretz reported that last year, 'international students accounted for close to 30 percent of the total number of students enrolled at the elite institution.

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