The Trump administration announced plans to rescind the policy after Harvard and MIT filed a lawsuit backed by over 200 other schools
, over 1 million international students will be impacted by the policy. Students and professors alike immediately denounced the xenophobic, harmful decision — and now, universities are using lawsuits and new learning models to fight against this regulation.
Earlier this week, Harvard University announced that Fall classes would be online-only, but students would still be permitted to live on-campus. Now, together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Harvard is suing the Trump administration over the new policy, arguing that the decision puts students at risk.
“The order came down without notice — its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness,” wrote Harvard President Larry Bacow. “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.”
Other colleges and universities are demanding that ICE revoke the rule and promising to protect international students. Schools including
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