近日，美国又在限制留学生签证上做文章，强迫美国高校复学复课并引发巨大争议。

据《纽约时报》报道，当地时间8日，哈佛大学和麻省理工学院向美国政府提起诉讼，要求立即暂停有关在美国际留学生“若只修网课需转到有线下课程的学校否则必须离境；身在海外只修线上课程的不得入境美国”的规定。

哈佛大学和麻省理工学院表示，诉讼的理由是该规定违反了《行政程序法》，缺乏证明该政策合理的证据，且没有预先知会公众并广泛征求意见。

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这两所大学认为，这项政策是出于政治动机，会使高等教育陷入混乱。

The universities argued that the policy was politically motivated and would throw higher education into chaos. 

The two universities said that the new directive would prevent many of their 9,000 combined international students — and hundreds of thousands of students at other universities across the country — from staying in the United States.

Harvard is planning to teach its classes entirely online over the next year, and many other universities are planning a hybrid model, with some in-person instruction but mostly remote classes.

Harvard’s president, Lawrence S. Bacow, called the administration’s action reckless and said in a statement that it appeared to have been designed to pressure universities to hold in-person classes “without regard to concerns for the health and safety of students, instructors and others.”