Tag: student visas
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A federal memo dated Aug. 24 from the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, part of ICE, told universities the program has "observed a rise in Curricular Practical Training authorizations that appear to violate...
A coalition of higher education groups and unions sued the Department of Homeland Security in federal court in Massachusetts on Aug. 18, asking a judge to block and vacate the final rule capping F and J visas at four...
The Department of Homeland Security released a final rule on July 16, 2026 imposing fixed admission periods on foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists, ending the longstanding practice of admitting them for...
On August 28, 2025, DHS and ICE published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would end the decades-old "duration of status" system for F, J, and I nonimmigrant visa holders, replacing it with fixed admission...
On June 4, 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation suspending entry of new foreign nationals seeking to study at Harvard University under F, M, or J visas, and directed the State Department to consider revoking visas...
Beginning in March 2025, the Trump administration moved to detain and seek deportation of foreign students and scholars connected to pro-Palestinian campus protests, most visibly Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil...