Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, others back Harvard and MIT's suit against ICE directive that will send international students home if classes are online
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Mayer Brown
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“Defendants did not consider the harm to businesses and the economy that will result from the loss of the tens of billions of dollars that international students contribute to U.S. GDP each year.” -Brief filed by Mayer Brown. https://ow.ly/... #StudentBan #F1Visa #ICE
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@protocol
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Tech companies say ICE's new restrictions on foreign student visas could devastate the economy. https://www.protocol.com/...
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Nineteen tech companies and associations are backing a lawsuit to overturn a recent ICE directive that would send foreign students home in the fall if their classes go entirely online. https://www.protocol.com/...
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@bigblackjacobin
Edward Ongweso Jr
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...some of these tech giants help ICE track, terrorize, detain, and deport undocumented immigrants https://www.protocol.com/...
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@histoftech
Mar Hicks
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“The lawsuit from Harvard & MIT seeks to block the directive bc of the chaos it would spur in higher ed. Tech companies are seeking to prove the ripple effects would extend far beyond universities” 1. They will. 2. Civil rights shouldn't be skills based. https://www.protocol.com/…
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@kent_walker
Kent Walker
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We are concerned at how the new F-1 rule could impact visiting students and interns, and we've joined the Chamber of Commerce and other leading associations and companies to highlight how talented immigrants support American innovation and job creation. https://www.protocol.com/.…
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@issielapowsky
Issie Lapowsky
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NEW: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and more say they'd be “harmed substantially” by new ICE rules to restrict foreign students from staying in the US if their classes go entirely online this year. They're siding with Harvard/MIT in lawsuit. @birnbaum_e https://www.protocol.com/...