Current location:sport >>
U.S. gov't rescinds controversial rule on int'l students: federal judge
sport5People have gathered around
IntroductionA student walks on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge of Massachusetts, the United States ...
A student walks on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge of Massachusetts, the United States, on July 14, 2020. The U.S. government has rescinded a new rule that could have denied international students their stay in the country if they only attend online courses in the coming fall semester, a federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts said Tuesday. (Photo by Fan Lin/Xinhua)
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government has rescinded a new rule that could have denied international students their stay in the country if they only attend online courses in the coming fall semester, a federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts said Tuesday.
Judge Allison Burroughs, who presided over a hearing Tuesday on a lawsuit filed last week by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) against the federal directive, said at the start of the hearing that the government and the universities reached a settlement, under which "both the policy directive and the frequently asked questions would not be enforced anyplace."
Announced by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on July 6 but not yet implemented, the guidance that caused turmoil and triggered outrage in the country's higher education system forced international students to choose between attending at least one in-person class in the fall semester -- transferring to another school if the one they are enrolled in only offers tele-classes due to the coronavirus pandemic -- and leaving the United States as their student visas would be invalidated.
According to the settlement, a March guidance by the ICE will be reinstated, allowing international students to take all their classes online during the pandemic while staying in the United States legally.
During the hearing held at the U.S. District Court in Boston, Burroughs said the settlement applied to higher education institutions nationwide. The Harvard-MIT lawsuit sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prohibit the ICE from enforcing the July 6 rule.
"The motion is mooted," Burroughs declared, referring to the requests by Harvard and the MIT. "The hearing will be adjourned," she said, thanking the lawyers for "making this as easy on the court as it could have been."
Harvard announced last week it will only allow up to 40 percent of undergraduates, including all first-year students, to return to campus for the fall semester. The rest of the students will continue to learn remotely.
Meanwhile, the MIT said last week that seniors will be the only undergraduates to be invited back to campus this fall. Non-seniors may "request special consideration for housing if they face challenges related to safety, living conditions, visa status, or other hardship," the university said in a plan posted on its website.
Harvard and the MIT argued in their lawsuit that the ICE's action considered neither the health of students amid the pandemic, nor the contributions that international students made to American innovation.
They also highlighted the potential loss of "tens of billions of dollars that international students contribute to U.S. GDP each year" should the guidance be put into practice. Enditem
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Cultural Carousel news portal”。http://americansamoa.prpsystems.net/html-53c599873.html
Related articles
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
sportWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanam ...
【sport】
Read morePrince Andrew enjoys horse
sportPrince Andrew appeared in high spirits this morning as he was pictured riding a horse around the Win ...
【sport】
Read moreAwkward moment pregnant mother is left in tears after discovering she's having a third son
sportThis is the awkward moment a mother was left in tears at her gender reveal when she discovered she w ...
【sport】
Read more
Popular articles
- Kate Hudson hits the stage to debut songs from her new album Glorious at star
- This Might Not Be It review: Behind the Perspex partition
- JENNI MURRAY: The Cass Report is a voice of reason on trans dogma that must not be ignored
- FIRST LOOK: As Laura Ashley relaunches, how does it stack up against its vintage heyday?
- Amtrak train hits pickup truck in upstate New York, 3 dead including child
- ALISON BOSHOFF: Yo ho ho! Johnny Depp to launch his own brand of Caribbean dark rum
Latest articles
Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
Ashley Roberts puts on a leggy display in a tiny mini
JULIE BURCHILL: Why I spread rumours about Kate
San Bernardino police arrest teen for murder of 14
Wildfires sweep across Finland, straining rescue services
Inside Harry Kane's family life with devoted wife Katie Goodland after the couple's car crash scare
LINKS
- Mountain goat stuck under Kansas City bridge survives rocky rescue
- US measles cases are up in 2024. What's driving the increase?
- Posts distort former Virginia governor’s comments on third trimester abortions
- Maker of defective sleep apnea devices ordered to overhaul manufacturing
- Historic Tibetan Buddhist monastery is being moved to make way for dam — Radio Free Asia
- A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street
- Dairy cattle in Texas, Kansas test positive for bird flu
- Easter weekend road toll worst since 2021
- Mountain goat stuck under Kansas City bridge survives rocky rescue
- What we know about Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis