17 states sue Trump administration over foreign students rule
The Trump administration will be summoned to court by more than a dozen jurisdictions over a controversial rule for thousands of international students studying in the US.
The Trump Administration had instructed US educational institutions with international students to either resume in-person instruction, or transfer students.
On Monday, attorneys general from 18 jurisdictions took legal action against the Trump administration over the controversial instruction that could prevent thousands of international students from studying in the US this fall.
Attorneys general from the District of Columbia and 17 states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, in the lawsuit described the Trump administration's scheme to prevent international students from continuing their studies in US institutions, colleges and universities as “cruel, abrupt, and unlawful.”
“The Trump Administration didn’t even attempt to explain the basis for this senseless rule, which forces schools to choose between keeping their international students enrolled and protecting the health and safety of their campuses,” Maura Healey, the Massachusetts attorney general, said in a statement announcing the lawsuit.
Healey accused the administration of violating the Administrative Procedure Act.
The lawsuit, which was filed in US District Court in Boston and is the latest legal challenge against the Trump administration, also seeks an immediate injunction against the proposed rule, which would ban international students from studying in the US if their courses were all online this fall.
Two top universities in the US, namely, Harvard and M.I.T, have stated their willingness to welcome students back to campus. However, due to the out-of-control situation of the COVID-19 pandemic across the US, they were determined that “it is not yet prudent to do so.”
Experts say by resuming classes amid the coronavirus pandemic, US universities would be creating hotbeds for virus super-spreaders.
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