在美国可以谁都能起诉吗 哈佛大学和麻省理工学院起诉美国政府

哈佛大学和麻省理工学院起诉美国政府  

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its guidance not allowing foreign students to take online-only courses in the US this fall semester.
Harvard announced earlier this week that all course instruction will be delivered online
including for students living on campus. In a statement provided to CNN
the University said the guidance stands to affect approximately 5
000 international students.
"The order came down without notice—its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness. It appears that it was designed purposefully to place pressure on colleges and universities to open their on-campus classrooms for in-person instruction this fall
without regard to concerns for the health and safety of students
instructors
and others
" Harvard University President Larry Bacow said.
哈佛大学校长拉里·巴考说：“这一政策事先没有任何通知，不仅残酷更是鲁莽。这似乎是有意给高校施加压力，要求他们在今年秋天开放校园课堂，进行线下授课，而不考虑学生、教师和其他人的健康和安全问题。”
Visa requirements for students have always been strict and ing to the US to take online-only courses has been prohibited. Immigration and Customs Enforcement maintained that prohibition in its guidance
while providing some flexibility for hybrid models
meaning a mix of online and in-person classes.
The agency suggested that students currently enrolled in the US consider other measures
like transferring to schools with in-person instruction.
Students enrolled in a school "operating entirely online" must either leave the country or transfer to a school that is offering in-person classes
ICE said.
"If not
they may face immigration consequences including
but not limited to
the initiation of removal proceedings
" a news release said.
The ICE announcement said that students enrolled in schools that offer a bination of in-person and online classes will be permitted to continue as long as the school certifies that the program is not all online
that the student is not exclusively taking online classes
and that "the student is taking the minimum number of online classes required to make normal progress in their degree program."
In an FAQ published by the agency
the Department of Homeland Security reasoned that "all students scheduled to study at a US institution in the fall will be able to do so
though some will be required to study from abroad if their presence is not required for any in-person classes in the United States."
The lawsuit
filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
seeks to block the directive
arguing it violates the Administrative Procedures Act. The universities argue that ICE's decision not to provide an exemption for online-only courses puts them in an "untenable situation" of either proceeding with their plans to operate fully or largely online or attempt to provide in-person learning.
The lawsuit also underscores the challenge posed to students: "Just weeks from the start of the fall semester
these students are largely unable to transfer to universities providing on-campus instruction
noithstanding ICE's suggestion that they might do so to avoid removal from the country."
It continues: "Moreover
for many students
returning to their home countries to participate in online instruction is impossible
impracticable
prohibitively expensive
and/or dangerous."
Harvard and MIT's lawsuit also received support from Cornell. The university said its international students will largely not be affected due to hybrid teaching
but expressed strong opposition.
"This was wholly unexpected
and it is a senseless and unfair policy that runs counter to all that we stand for as a global academic munity
" said Martha E. Pollack
president of Cornell University. There are more than 1 million international students in the US.