Alabama international students who lost their status to study in the U.S. may have a chance to stay after the Trump administration reversed course Friday.

The administration had revoked the statuses of more than 1,500 international students nationwide.

Schools across the state, including the University of Alabama, Auburn University, UAB, Troy University and Spring Hill College have reported some international students lost the immigration status that allows them to study.

The students who had their statuses revoked were flagged in a registry of international students created by the federal government in 2003, following the September 11th attacks.

The registry, called Student Exchange and Visitor Information System, known as SEVIS, is run by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

The agency alleged, in a filing in a suit against the federal government brought by a group of international students who had their status revoked by the administration, that several of those students had been flagged for legal infractions or arrests.

The agency also argued that the status changes did not mean students would automatically have to leave.

“Terminating a record in SEVIS does not terminate an individual’s nonimmigrant status in the United States,” said Andre Watson of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

A website for the SERVIS registry says that losing status means a student can no longer legally work in or re-enter the United States and that ICE may investigate whether the student has left.

Three international students at UAB had their student status revoked by the federal government, according to the school Friday, after the Trump administration cracked down on thousands of international students nationwide.

“We value our international students,” said a spokesperson for the school who added that it could not share more information about the students due to privacy laws. “The UAB Office of International Student and Scholar Services has been in contact with affected students and remains available to assist international students who have questions.”

Spring Hill College, a private school in Mobile, confirmed Thursday that it had one student visa revoked from an international student who was in “good academic and community standing at the time of the revocation,” said Kathleen Williams, vice president of admissions.

“Spring Hill College is enriched by the international students we have on campus,” she said.

On Friday, a Justice Department attorney, Joseph F. Carilli, said, according to reporting in the New York Times, immigration officials would create a new system for reviewing visas for international students and revocations would be paused until then.

Update: This story was updated at 1:55 p.m. Friday to include a comment from Spring Hill College