HCSSA | 為幫助國際學生——哈佛校長致全體成員的一封信_風聞

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為幫助國際學生

哈佛校長致全體成員的一封信

Dear Members of the Harvard Community,On Monday, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students will not be allowed to stay in the country if they attend institutions, like Harvard, that are holding courses online this fall. Their choices are either to transfer to another institution that provides in-person or hybrid (both in-person and online) instruction—or to depart the country and risk not being able to return. Those students who fail to comply with this guidance may face deportation. 

週一，美國移民與海關執法局（ICE）宣佈，如果國際學生今年秋天將在哈佛大學等只有在線課程的學校上學，將不被允許留在美國。這些學生的選擇或是轉移到提供線下或混合（線下和在線）教學的另一所學校，或是離開美國並可能無法返回。那些不遵守這項規定的學生可能會面被臨驅逐出境的危險。

The order came down without notice—its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness. It appears that it was designed purposefully to place pressure on colleges and universities to open their on-campus classrooms for in-person instruction this fall, without regard to concerns for the health and safety of students, instructors, and others. This comes at a time when the United States has been setting daily records for the number of new infections, with more than 300,000 new cases reported since July 1. Moreover, if an institution pursues in-person or hybrid instruction this fall and a serious outbreak of COVID-19 occurs, the institution would face strong pressure not to switch to online instruction, as Harvard and others necessarily did this past March, because to do so would immediately place its international students in jeopardy.

這則殘酷而魯莽的命令在沒有任何通知的情況下下達了。看來這樣做的目的是故意給各學院和大學施加壓力，要求他們在今年秋天開放校園並進行常規線下授課。這樣的做法完全沒有考慮學生，講師及其他人員的健康和安全。在這則命令發佈之際，美國每天都在刷新新冠感染數量的記錄，自7月1日以來已報告了300,000例新病例。此外，如果一所學校在今年秋天進行線下或混合教學，並且爆發新冠疫情，該學校將面臨不能改為在線教學的巨大壓力，因為這樣做會立即使其國際學生處於危險之中。

In making plans for the fall, Harvard, like many other institutions, has sought to balance addressing concerns for public health with preserving our academic mission of teaching and scholarship, and we have undertaken careful planning to address the unique circumstances of our community and to enable students to make educational progress safely. We have done so recognizing that the nation is in the grip of a pandemic that poses risks to the health of millions and that threatens to overwhelm our capacity to manage it. We believe that the ICE order is bad public policy, and we believe that it is illegal.

在制定秋季計劃時，哈佛大學與許多其他學校一樣，力求在解決公共衞生問題與保留我們的教學和學術使命之間取得平衡，並且我們進行了認真的規劃，以解決學校的特殊情況並讓學生安全地學習。我們這樣做是因為認識到美國正處於一場傳染病大流行之中，這種大流行威脅着數百萬人的健康，並威脅到我們的對它的控制能力。我們認為ICE的這則命令是十分惡劣的公共政策，並且我們認為它是違法的。

Within the last hour, we filed pleadings together with MIT in the US District Court in Boston seeking a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of the order. We will pursue this case vigorously so that our international students—and international students at institutions across the country—can continue their studies without the threat of deportation.

不久前，我們與麻省理工學院一起向波士頓美國地方法院提交了訴狀（詳情請點擊“閲讀原文”），以尋求臨時禁止令，從而禁止執行ICE的這則命令。我們將大力追究此案，以使我們的國際學生和全美各高校的國際學生能夠繼續學習而不會受到驅逐出境的威脅。

For many of our international students, studying in the United States and studying at Harvard is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. These students are our students, and they enrich the learning environment for all. We fervently hope that, before long, the circumstances that necessitate online learning will pass. As a university with a profound commitment to residential education, we hope and intend to resume full in-person instruction as soon as it is safe and responsible to do so. But, until that time comes, we will not stand by to see our international students’ dreams extinguished by a deeply misguided order. We owe it to them to stand up and to fight—and we will.

對於我們許多國際學生而言，在美國學習和在哈佛學習是畢生的夢想。這些學生是我們的學生，他們豐富了所有人的學習氛圍。我們熱切希望不久以後，需要在線學習的情況將過去。作為一所致力於校園教育的大學，我們希望並打算在安全且負責任的情況下儘快恢復全部的線下教學。但是，直到合適的時刻到來之前，我們不會眼睜睜地看着國際學生的夢想被這則錯誤的命令打碎。為了他們而鬥爭是我們應該做的，並且，我們會鬥爭到底。

About HCSSA

      哈佛大學中國學生學者聯合會成立於1994年，是哈佛大學最大的學生組織，也逐漸成長為美東地區最有影響力的中國學生學者組織之一。

      哈佛學聯致力於加強哈佛中國學生與祖國的聯繫，維護學生學者利益，以及促進哈佛中國學生學者與其他組織的社交，學術和文化交流。