INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ALREADY DENIED ENTRY TO US

WASHINGTON: International students have already been denied entry to the US under new Trump administration rules that bar them from the country if their schools hold all classes online amid the pandemic, according to a court document.

The brief, written by dozens of universities and colleges, was filed in support of a lawsuit brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeking to block immigration rules issued on July 6 that blindsided academic institutions across the country.

The brief said US immigration authorities were “already preventing returning students from re-entering the country”.

The brief was one of many filings in support of the lawsuit from major businesses, labour unions and tech brands, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter.

They were joined by more than two dozen cities, towns and counties.