As coronavirus cases hit 3 million in the US, the President is pressuring universities to reopen by revoking visas for international students if they do not attend classes in person.
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency issued the new visa rules for universities on Monday, barring visas for applicants studying at colleges offering only virtual instruction. Students on existing visas who want to remain in the country must transfer to a school with in-person instruction or attend an institution that offers both remote and on-campus learning, according to ICE.Harvard is seeking a temporary restraining order against the new guidelines.
Harvard is suing the Trump administration over a new rule coercing universities to hold in-person classes amid the pandemic.Colleges have begun rolling out pandemic plans for the fall semester, with many offering some form of limited in-person classes. Harvard said about 40 per cent of students would return to its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while all courses will be taught remotely.
In the wide-ranging interview, Wolf also said Chinese espionage and theft of intellectual property included sending researchers to the US to spy and report back to Beijing. "It makes no sense whatsoever to have international students penalised because institutions have made the best possible decisions regarding the health and safety of their campuses in a pandemic," Martin said. "The inability to predict the course of the pandemic also means that colleges and universities across the country may have to move all classes online at some point."
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