The Trump administration has restored the student visa registrations of thousands of foreign students studying in the U.S., it was reported Friday.

During a federal court hearing, the Justice Department announced the reversal after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges who deemed the mass termination of students from a federal database as illegal, Politico reported.

DOJ said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working on a new policy regarding foreign students studying in the U.S. on so-called F-1 visas. Until that policy is issued, no students will have their online student-visa records, known as SEVIS records, terminated “solely based on” criminal history checks that had flagged misdemeanor charges and dismissed cases, the outlet added.

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