Trump faces fresh setback as judge blocks stricter foreign student visa rule
A US federal judge has blocked a Trump administration rule that would have restricted the duration of stay for foreign students and journalists. The court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security failed to provide sufficient justification for the policy changes.
Why it matters
The ruling prevents significant changes to immigration policy that would have impacted international academic and cultural exchange programs.
Another setback for President Donald Trump’s administration came on Monday after a federal judge blocked a new rule that would have imposed stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the US.US District Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston issued the ruling a day before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was due to implement the policy. The rule would have ended the decades-old system under which many foreign students could remain in the country for the “duration of status” of their academic programme.Saylor ruled in favour of a coalition of unions and higher education advocacy groups that challenged the policy.
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