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TOPLINE A new Trump administration rule that would force many international students to leave the U.S. this fall is being challenged by more than a dozen U.S. tech majors including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and 18 state attorneys general in separate lawsuits. ICE has said it would not allow foreign students to remain in the country…

CLOSE Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that essential travel includes medical purposes, to attend educational institutions and emergency response. USA TODAYAt a time when President Donald Trump is pressuring schools to open for in-person instruction in the fall, some universities are fighting back.Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday filed suit…

Universities opposed a policy that would require students to take at least one in-person class or be denied permission to study in the United States.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, both in Cambridge, Mass., plan to teach mostly online this fall. They said some 9,000 foreign students enrolled on their campuses could be denied…

Harvard University and MIT pushed back on Wednesday against a new rule that would require international students to take classes in-person this fall in order to stay in the country.The guidelines issued Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement said "students attending schools operating entirely online may not take a full online course load and remain in the United…

They argue the administration's order was meant to pressure colleges to reopen. July 8, 2020, 2:26 PM6 min read Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over a directive that would prevent international students from studying in the United States…