Stanford and Yale join court challenge over Trump’s foreign student visa rule
Ivy League schools argue the new rule is causing ‘harm and turmoil’ to international students as more universities go online amid Covid-19
13 July 2020 - 22:10
Washington — Almost 60 US universities filed a court brief in support of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a case the schools brought to stop new visa rules that could bar many international students.
Stanford University and Ivy League schools including Yale and Princeton were among those that filed a so-called amicus brief on Sunday. They argued that the new rules, which require in-person teaching for a student visa, are “causing significant harm and turmoil”. Students now on visas can have remote teaching for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic, they said...
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