17 states and Washington, DC, sue the Trump administration over its guidance to not allow foreign students in the US to take online-only courses this fall semester
The multistate effort, filed in the US District Court in Massachusetts on Monday against the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also seeks to stop the policy from going into effect while the case is being decided. Monday's lawsuit, a largely Democrat-led effort, is headed up by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.
Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology also filled lawsuits against the guidance last week and nearly 100 members of Congress sent a letter to DHS urging the department to rescind the policy.Other states that joined in Monday's lawsuit include: Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Nevada, Minnesota, New Jersey, Colorado, Delaware, Oregon, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Michigan.
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