US judge blocks Trump's move to limit duration of stay for foreign students, journalists: report

U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a rule that would have limited the duration of stay for foreign students, journalists, and other nonimmigrants in the United States. The rule, announced by the Department of Homeland Security in July, aimed to curb what the administration termed "visa abuse" by foreign students, exchange visitors, and media representatives.

According to the plan, nonimmigrant students on F visas and exchange visitors on J visas would have been restricted to a maximum stay of four years, while journalists would have been limited to an initial 240-day stay before needing to apply for an extension. The judge's ruling came a day before the rule was set to be implemented, affecting over 13,000 Koreans currently in the U.S. under visa programs subject to the restriction.

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