A group of 20 universities in the Western United States, including Stanford University, the University of Southern California, the University of Oregon and the California Institute of Technology, also filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn the order. “The decision to take visa protections away from international students is cruel, callous, and senseless,” Ellen Yates, student body president at the University of Virginia, said in a statement Monday. “International students are not visitors or political pawns, they are human beings pursuing education, livelihoods, and dreams.”Carissa Cutrell, a spokeswoman for ICE, said she was unable to comment because of the pending litigation. ADADThe government has long required international students to take most of their classes in person. In Massachusetts, international students rallied Monday afternoon after state Attorney General Maura Healey announced that she was leading 17 other attorneys general in a lawsuit to stop the rule.

Source: Washington Post July 13, 2020 20:15 UTC