美撤銷留學生簽證新政

Foreign student visa rule dropped

美撤銷留學生簽證新政

In a stunning reversal of policy, the Trump administration on Tuesday abandoned a plan that would have forced out tens of thousands of foreign students following widespread condemnation of the move and pressure from colleges and major businesses.

特朗普政府7月14日撤銷了一項迫使數以萬計的留學生離開美國的計劃，政策出現驚人逆轉。此前該計劃遭到各界人士的廣泛譴責和來自高校和大型企業的壓力。

US officials announced last week that international students at schools that had moved to online-only classes due to the coronavirus pandemic would have to leave the country if they were unable to transfer to a college with at least some in-person instruction.

美國官員上週宣佈，如果留學生就讀的學校因新冠病毒疫情影響改爲只上網課，而他們又無法轉到至少提供部分面授課程的院校就讀，則必須離開美國。

The policy prompted a string of lawsuits brought by universities and a coalition of 17 states.

該政策遭到多所高校和17個州組成的聯盟提出的一系列的訴訟。

Harvard University, with overseas students comprising more than 20% of the student body, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose foreign undergraduates make up nearly 30% of enrollment, were the first to file suit.

留學生在生源中佔比超過20%的哈佛大學以及留學生生源佔比近30%的麻省理工學院率先提起訴訟。

Dozens of big companies and colleges and universities filed "friend-of-the-court" briefs opposing the rule.

數十家大公司和高校提交“法庭之友”書狀，反對這項新規。

In a highly anticipated court hearing on Tuesday in the case brought by Harvard, US District Judge Allison Burroughs in Massachusetts said the US government and the two elite universities that sued had come to a settlement that would roll back the new rules.

7月14日，在一場備受關注的對哈佛大學訴訟的法庭聆訊中，麻薩諸塞州地方法官艾利森·伯勞斯宣佈，美國政府與提出訴訟的這兩所知名大學達成了和解，政府將撤銷新規。