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刚刚被扒说谎两万次的特朗普,又被告了……(2)

在诉状中,17个州和华盛顿特区检察长把美国国土安全部及其下属入境和海关执法局列为被告,指责美国政府采取“残酷、突兀和非法行动,在疫情中驱逐国际学生”。

The nearly empty Georgetown University campus with classes canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Washington, D.C。, U.S。 May 7, 2020。 /AFP

Seventeen U.S。 states and the District of Columbia sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday, rejecting the federal government‘s recent rule stripping foreign students of their visas if the institution they are enrolled in only offers online teaching this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic。

Led by the Massachusetts attorney general‘s office, the lawsuit came exactly one week after the U.S。 Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released guidelines vowing to invalidate foreign students’ F-1 and M-1 visas if the educational institution they are enrolled in switches to online-only courses, possibly depriving them of their legal status to stay in the United States。

牵头提起共同诉讼的马萨诸塞州检察长莫拉·希利发表声明说:“这一规定缺乏常识,迫使学校在保持国际学生入学与保护校园健康安全之间做出选择,而特朗普政府甚至没有试图解释其根据。”

声明说,留学生签证新规不仅伤害国际学生及其家庭,也将对他们所在州的公共卫生和经济状况“造成不可弥补的损害”。

新泽西州检察长格比尔·格雷瓦尔发表声明说,留学生签证新规“利用国际学生和他们支付的学费作为杠杆,迫使高校在做好准备之前就开始面对面授课,将所有学生的生命置于危险之中”。

美国媒体援引诉讼文件报道说,发起共同诉讼的17个州和华盛顿特区共有1124所学院和大学,2019年招收约37.33万名国际学生。耶鲁大学、西北大学、芝加哥大学等约40所美国高校提交了支持这起共同诉讼的声明。

File photo: the campus of the Harvard University in Cambridge of Massachusetts, the United States。 /Xinhua

“The Trump Administration didn‘t even attempt to explain the basis for this senseless rule, which forces schools to choose between ke

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