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Top universities have sued the federal government and vowed to protect international students from deportation.

ICE recently announced a policy that would require international students to leave the country if they do not take any in-person classes this fall term. This would apply even if the university is fully online this fall or if the university transitions to an online model in the middle of the semester. On July 7, top universities including Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford have denounced the policy, while also assuring international students that they will work to create a plan that will allow them to continue their studies in America “without fear.” On July 8, Harvard and MIT filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the policy and calling ICE’s decision “arbitrary and capricious.”

Harvard Freshman Deported After Officials Review Friends’ Social Media Posts

The Hill reports that a 17-year-old Palestinian incoming Harvard freshmen was deported about eight hours after he arrived at Logan International Airport in Boston. The student told the Harvard Crimson that after arriving at the airport and being instructed to unlock his devices, a U.S. official told him that she found “political points of view that oppose the U.S.” posted by individuals that were on his social media friends list. The student explained to the official that he has “no business with such posts” and that he didn’t “like, [s]hare, or comment on them.” Nevertheless, his visa was canceled, and he was deported