After Harvard & MIT, Johns Hopkins sues US govt for new students' visa rule

The US has the largest international student population in the world, with more than a million of the nation's higher education students

Johns Hopkins University has joined a growing list of prestigious higher education institutions in the US suing the Trump administration over its "cruel" decision not to allow foreign students to take "online-only courses" this fall semester.

On Monday, the Trump administration announced new rules for international students for the upcoming fall semester (September to December) that require them to take an in-person class to remain in the country. Many American universities have scaled back or eliminated in-person classes due to the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) filed a lawsuit in a federal court on Friday, pushing back against