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The U.S. is temporarily stopping visa services at its embassies and consulates due to the coronavirus, as it urges U.S. citizens overseas to return home or be prepared to shelter in place.

University of North Texas officials reported Tuesday morning that 28 international students who had their student visas revoked by the Trump administration now have their credentials reinstated.

On Thursday, the U.S. State Department announced that it expected to run out of special visas by June 1. The visas are for Afghans who are in danger because they assisted the U.S. mission.

At least nineteen international students at UTD whose visas were revoked have had their status restored, the school said this week. They were among hundreds of Texas students to suddenly lose their status under a federal crackdown.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the rapper, long associated with Atlanta, is actually a U.K. citizen who came to the U.S. in 2005 and overstayed his visa.

Overhauling immigration is complicated and controversial. There's been a proposed increase in H-1B visas. Those are the visas that allow companies to bring in skilled foreign workers for jobs that can't be filled by Americans.

This year, the U.S. canceled visas for prominent Chinese scholars with government links and has delayed visas to hundreds of Chinese students. Meanwhile, U.S. academics fail to receive visas to China.

Non-citizens who are victims of serious crime may qualify for a special visa. The purpose of the law is to encourage immigrants to cooperate with law enforcement, whatever their legal status. But some question whether the U visa is working as intended.

Najibullah Zazi, the Denver shuttle bus driver the FBI arrested last September in a failed bid to bomb New York's subways, is cooperating with prosecutors. That could win him -- and some family members -- a little-known reward granted to some informants.

Travel to the U.S. for performing artists could get more expensive after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed doubling the cost of visa applications.