One student was currently enrolled at UTSA, while the other two were participating in a post-graduation work experience program, school officials said. Credit: University of Texas at San Antonio

Editor’s Note: This story was updated to reflect more students having their visas restored. The count of UTSA international students is current as of 5:22 p.m. April 25.

The U.S. State Department has restored the visas of at least five international students connected to the University of Texas at San Antonio, school officials confirmed Friday to the Current.

Word of the restorations came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice announced the wholesale reversal of the Trump White House’s mass terminations of student visas due to minor, and often dismissed, legal infractions. The move came amid mounting pressure from federal judges and a flurry of lawsuits arguing the revocation of the visas was illegal.

The Texas Tribune reported April 9 that the Trump administration had yanked at least 250 international student visas across Texas universities as part of an its immigration crackdown. That figure included at least seven visas at UTSA, including those of four current students and three former students, the latter enrolled in post-graduation work experience programs.

UTSA spokesman Joe Izbrand couldn’t provide more details about the students whose visas were restored or why their visas were terminated in the first place. It’s also unclear whether the rest of the UTSA students will have their visas reinstated.

This is a developing story.

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Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...