International students will be forced to leave the US or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new rules issued on Monday by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

It announced that foreign students pursuing degrees in America will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only classes in this fall, referring to the September to December semester. India sent 2,51,290 students to the US in 2017 and 2018, according to the latest Student and Exchange Visitor Program 'SEVIS by the Numbers Report' 2018.