Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over policy for foreign students

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have filed suit to block a new Trump administration policy that would force foreign students taking online-only courses this fall to return home, according to a report.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a directive Monday for F-1 visa-holding students to return to their home countries if they are enrolled in an online-only course load, CNN reported.

In March, ICE made an exception to an existing rule that students with these visas must attend classes in person and said the allowance would be in...