China News Service, July 10, according to the US Chinese website quoted "Capitol Hill" reported that California government officials said on the 9th local time that they will file a lawsuit against the federal government to prevent their repatriation due to the new coronary pneumonia pandemic. International students studying in American schools and switching to online teaching.
Earlier, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had filed lawsuits in federal courts to prevent the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) from suddenly changing its policies.
"It is ashamed of the Trump administration because they put students in education opportunities and their health and well-being at risk." California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said.
ICE announced a new policy in March. According to the public health crisis, if American student visa holders are forced to take online courses, they will be allowed to stay in the United States.
Then on the 6th, ICE reversed the policy without warning, saying that any international student who only accepts remote classes must leave the United States or transfer to another new school.
"The State Department will not issue visas to students who are fully registered with schools and/or courses in the fall semester, and the Customs and Border Protection will not allow these students to enter the United States." ICE said on the 6th.
"Full-time students currently participating in such programs in the United States must leave the United States or take other measures, such as transferring to face-to-face schools to maintain legal status. If this is not the case, they may face immigration consequences, including but not limited to initiating repatriation procedures ."
The order affected more than 1 million student visa holders. California is suing 21,000 international students at public universities across the state. Becerra said there are about 184,000 student visa holders in California.
"This may put everyone at risk of contracting and spreading the new coronavirus, or if these international students do not follow the latest policy, they may be deported." Becerra said on Thursday, "This policy Not only illegal, but dangerous and morally condemned."
Normal policy requires international students to teach most courses in order to stay in the United States. The policy changes announced in March were made to allow schools to maintain social distance to prevent the spread of infection.
Although the number of infected people in the United States has reached a new high, President Trump is still urging schools to be fully open in the fall.