Washington AG Ferguson to file lawsuit over Trump rule on international student visas

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson plans to file a lawsuit Friday over a Trump administration rule that would revoke the visas of international students across the country whose universities or colleges offer only remote classes in the fall.

In a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Western Washington, Ferguson will argue the rule violates the law and puts the safety of students and the community at risk. The rule could impact about 27,000 international students attending schools in Washington.

Ferguson also plans to file a temporary restraining order early next week to stop the rule from taking effect.

“The Trump Administration is undermining public safety decisions made at the local level and jeopardizing more than a billion dollars in tuition revenue and economic activity in order to pursue a political goal of keeping schools open in the fall,” Ferguson said in a statement. “President Trump and ICE need to let colleges and universities make their own decisions about the health, safety, and education of their students, not arbitrarily and illegally punish schools that want to provide classes remotely.”

https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/Washington-AG-Ferguson-to-file-lawsuit-over-Trump-15400186.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headlines&utm_campaign=spi_itsintheseattlepi

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. I love Ferguson. He kicks ass

He is always holding Trump's idiotic feet to the fire.

[Ms. Toad]

2. At least two private colleges have already filed suit.

And an amicus brief signed by ~180 others has already been submitted.

The point of the amicus brief was that the Trump administration assured them the the flexibility woud last for as long as the public health emergency. They all invested a ton of money planning - in reliance on the flexibility they had been promised - so the government should be entitled to rely on the promises made to them.