Harvard, MIT sue Donald Trump govt over foreign student visa rule

May cut off funding if US schools do not open, says Trump

Harvard and MIT said on Wednesday that they had filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a directive that would strip foreign students of their visas if their coursework was entirely online.

The White House measure, announced Monday, was seen as an effort to pressure universities into reopening their gates and abandoning the cautious approaches that many have announced they would adopt to reduce transmission of the coronavirus.

 

“The order came down without notice — its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness,” Harvard’s President,