哈佛和MIT起诉ICE关于国际学生入学的新规

周三早上，哈佛大学和MIT联合像马瑟诸塞州联邦法院提起诉讼，起诉ICE和美国国土安全部，要求法院阻止他们执行ICE周一出台的“国际学生今年秋季入学”指南，并宣布该指南违法。哈佛校长拉里·巴科说：“这个命令在没有任何通知的情况下就下达了...看起来，它是在有目的性地给高校施压，让学校必须在今年秋季开放校园进行面授，完全不顾学生、教师和其他人的安危。”在诉讼中，这两个大学认为ICE的指南违反了《行政程序法》，使得大学们处于“难以防守的情况”——要么继续采用原来的授课计划，要么尝试提供面授课程。这起诉讼还强调了对留学生们的挑战：距离秋季学期开学仅有数周，这些在美国境内的国际学生基本上无法再转学；而对许多国际学生，返回本国参加网上授课是不可能，也不切实际的——这过于昂贵且要冒着感染的危险。

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its guidance not allowing foreign students to take online-only courses in the US this fall semester. "The order came down without notice—its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness. It appears that it was designed purposefully to place pressure on colleges and universities to open their on-campus classrooms for in-person instruction this fall, without regard to concerns for the health and safety of students, instructors, and others," Harvard University President Larry Bacow said. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeks to block the directive, arguing it violates the Administrative Procedures Act. The universities argue that ICE's decision not to provide an exemption for online-only courses puts them in an "untenable situation" of either proceeding with their plans to operate fully or largely online or attempt to provide in-person learning.

The lawsuit also underscores the challenge posed to students: "Just weeks from the start of the fall semester, these students are largely unable to transfer to universities providing on-campus instruction, notwithstanding ICE's suggestion that they might do so to avoid removal from the country." It continues: "Moreover, for many students, returning to their home countries to participate in online instruction is impossible, impracticable, prohibitively expensive, and/or dangerous."  source

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2020年让我真切感受到了 美国是真的需要balance and checks 若什么都政府说了算 这个国家就真的完了

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