Carleton joins amicus brief challenging visa revocations and detentions

The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration — joined in support by eighty-six institutions and associations, including Carleton, which is a member institution of the Alliance — has submitted an amicus brief in AAUP v. Rubio, a case challenging the administration’s revocation of visas and detentions of noncitizen students and scholars.

By means of this brief, the Presidents’ Alliance supports the AAUP’s motion for a preliminary injunction to safeguard academic freedom and halt large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of students and faculty engaged in constitutionally–protected activities. The brief was drafted by Selendy Gay PLLC.

The amicus brief underscores how recent efforts targeting international students and other noncitizen campus members have created a climate of fear and uncertainty on U.S. campuses, chilling the free exchange of ideas and isolating international students and scholars. Left unchecked, this environment will deter international students  from choosing U.S. colleges and universities, undermining the interests of both the nation and its academic communities. The brief further argues that U.S. students will lose out on global perspectives and enriched learning experiences, while institutions themselves will suffer declining enrollment, the loss of talented students and scholars, and diminished academic collaboration and discovery. On a broader scale, the policy is positioned to harm the U.S. economy, stifle innovation, and intensify “brain drain” as top talent looks elsewhere for educational and research opportunities—ultimately jeopardizing the global competitiveness and leadership of American higher education.

Read the full announcement and amicus brief from the Presidents’ Alliance.