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发帖数: 4825 | 1 Trump Administration Rescinds Rules on Foreign Students Studying Online
Move settles lawsuit brought by Harvard, MIT; returns to the status quo of
guidance issued in the spring
By Michelle Hackman, Melissa Korn and Andrew Restuccia
Updated July 14, 2020 4:54 pm ET
The Trump administration has agreed to rescind rules it issued last week
barring international students from being in the U.S. if they were taking
classes only online, a rare reversal by the government on immigration policy.
The action resolves for now a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston federal court.
It came as officials at the White House and the Department of Homeland
Security were considering scaling back the new rules, according to people
familiar with the matter. That could pave the way for the Trump
administration to issue a modified policy in coming weeks. One option that
the administration could still pursue would apply the more restrictive rules
only to newly enrolling students, two of the people said.
At a short hearing Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Allison D.
Burroughs confirmed that an agreement had been reached. She said the
government would rescind the policy, withdraw an FAQ detailing the rules and
return to the status quo of guidance issued in the spring.
That will allow foreign students to come to or stay in the U.S. even if
their schools have shifted to online-only instruction for the fall, in light
of the coronavirus pandemic. It provides significant relief for schools
that had been fretting over how the rules would affect enrollment for the
coming fall.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was among universities to sue the
Trump administration for its move to bar visas for international students
whose courses are entirely online.
PHOTO: MADDIE MEYER/GETTY IMAGES
In their suit, the two Boston-area universities argued that U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement’s decision to issue the new policy was “arbitrary
and capricious” because the agency had previously allowed international
students to remain in the country on their visas when classes moved to
online instruction last spring. At the time, ICE had announced its policy
would remain “in effect for the duration of the Emergency,” and the
universities said they were relying on the earlier guidance as they planned
for the coming school year.
ICE had said in a court filing Monday that the springtime allowance was only
intended to be temporary, and that it indicated back in March that it would
continue to adjust its guidance.
Harvard and MIT said in a court filing Tuesday, before the hearing, that
they and their students would face “irreparable injury” if an injunction
wasn’t granted. They had also filed declarations from students who said
they wouldn’t be able to participate in online instruction from their home
countries, because of government restrictions or poor internet service.
The rules already had a practical impact on some students: In several court
filings, universities reported that U.S. immigration officers blocked
students’ entry to the U.S. at airports because they were coming to attend
universities that are planning to teach remotely.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection declined to comment on the issue.
Under the rules that had been proposed last week, international students
enrolled at schools planning to teach online-only courses this coming
semester would need to leave the U.S. or wouldn’t be permitted to come at
all, and those whose schools are offering hybrid or in-person classes would
need to be here to participate.
Schools planning to teach a mix of in-person and remote courses would be
required to host their international students on campus, blocking many
students stuck abroad because of coronavirus-related travel restrictions and
visa delays from enrolling at all. The rules ensure that, should a school
opt to switch to online-only instruction if the pandemic worsens, that
decision would amount to forcing their international students to leave the
country.
Colleges and foreign students criticized the rules, saying they erected
unnecessary obstacles that would prevent some from continuing or beginning
their academic careers.
Nearly 60 colleges and universities filed a friend-of-the-court briefing
Monday, followed by a flurry of similar legal briefs from additional
colleges, higher education associations, companies including Adobe Systems
Inc., ADBE -1.9639749587542659% Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.6181484522142271% and
Twitter Inc. and others, an extraordinary rallying of forces on short
notice.
Attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia also sued, as
have the University of California and 20 other research universities from
the western U.S. In all, nine separate lawsuits challenging the new rules
were filed.
A small group of House Republicans had also been drafting a letter calling
on ICE to rescind its policy.
“Frankly, I think it’s better that people want to come and get educated
here,” said Rep. Rodney Davis (R., Ill.) who organized that effort.
Following the intense blowback against the rules, officials at the White
House and DHS began discussing paring them back, the people familiar with
the matter said.
If the administration moves to apply the more restrictive rules only to
newly enrolling students, it would ensure that international students
already living in the U.S. wouldn’t need to suddenly leave the country.
Most new students are already facing the prospect of missing the fall
semester because of visa processing delays. The administration hasn’t made
a final decision, officials said.
ICE had said online-only instruction is problematic because it allows
international students to live anywhere in the U.S. for their studies—a
potential national-security risk—and the remote instruction could give them
extra time to pursue things beyond their studies.
Typically, international students aren’t permitted to take more than one
online course per semester, a rule meant to ensure students aren’t
enrolling in dodgy academic programs and exploiting their visas to maintain
legal immigration status in the U.S.
Last week, Ken Cuccinelli, a top official at the Department of Homeland
Security, ICE’s parent agency, defended the policy on CNN, saying he didn’
t see any reason foreign students would need to be present in the U.S. if
their courses would be fully virtual. He added that he hoped the new rules
would “encourage schools to reopen”—a phrase that was cited by Harvard
and MIT in their lawsuit.
“International students should never be used as political fodder to force
colleges to open their doors,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said
Tuesday.
Ms. James, among those who joined the multistate suit Monday, said the ICE
rule threatened the health of students, faculty and others, and would “
drain and divert” limited resources as schools may scramble to shift their
reopening plans.
The ICE rules proposed this week, combined with several other immigration-
policy changes, could result in the number of new international students on
American campuses falling by 63% this fall, the National Foundation for
American Policy, a nonpartisan think tank studying immigration and trade
policy, projected in a report published Monday.
There were nearly 1.1 million international students at U.S. colleges in the
2018-19 academic year, including those working after graduation while on
student visas.
They provide much-needed tuition revenue for many schools, as overseas
students often pay full freight, and a drop in enrollment could result in a
significant financial hit for schools. Institutions and students also say
being around those from diverse backgrounds enriches classroom discussions
and the campus environment.
Write to Michelle Hackman at [email protected], Melissa Korn at
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: Trump Administration Rescinds Rules on Foreign Students Studying Online
: Move settles lawsuit brought by Harvard, MIT; returns to the status quo of
: guidance issued in the spring
: By Michelle Hackman, Melissa Korn and Andrew Restuccia
: Updated July 14, 2020 4:54 pm ET
: The Trump administration has agreed to rescind rules it issued last week
: barring international students from being in the U.S. if they were taking
: classes only online, a rare reversal by the government on immigration policy.
: The action resolves for now a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the
: Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston federal court.
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