US judge blocks Trump rule limiting stay for foreign students, journalists

A Boston federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would have replaced the long-standing ‘duration of status’ system with fixed stay limits for foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists.

New Delhi: A US federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new immigration rule that would have imposed fixed limits on how long foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists can remain in the United States.

US District Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston issued the order on Monday, just a day before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was due to implement the rule. The decision is a setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to tighten immigration rules affecting international students and other foreign........

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