President Donald Trump administration don finalise new rules wey go limit how long foreign students and journalists fit stay for United States. The rule, wey go start maybe for September, na part of di government effort to tighten legal immigration for di kontri.
Under di new change, students wey get F visa go fit stay for di length of dia academic programme, but e no go pass four years. For journalists, di stay go be 240 days, wey be about eight months. But Chinese journalists go get only 90 days. Dey fit apply to extend di stay by 240 days each time.
Di Department of Homeland Security, wey dem call DHS, tok say di old system wey dey since 1970s don make students dey stay as “forever students” and e dey hard to monitor dem. DHS get almost 22,000 public comments after dem propose di rule for August 2025, but dem still finalise am almost di same.
Di new rule na part of Trump bigger plan to crack down on immigration. Di government don already revoke student visas and green cards for some university students based on dia ideology, and end legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Higher education groups no gree with di rule. Dem say e go create unnecessary hurdle and make US universities no fit attract talented students. Di Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration warn say e “weakens di ability of US colleges and universities to attract top talent.” Universities don already see lower international enrollments because of earlier Trump actions.
Media organizations and international stakeholders, including di Embassy of Japan, ask DHS to allow admission periods of two to five years for journalists. But DHS reject di proposals, and also reject requests for expedited processing and capped fees.
Trump propose similar limits for di end of im first term, but Joe Biden bin scrap am. Now, di rule go face review by di Republican-led congress.
