波士顿地区法官丹尼斯·塞勒周一做出裁决，禁止特朗普政府实施一项限制外国学生和记者在美停留时间的新规则1。根据国土安全部的计划，该规则将把持F签证的国际学生和J签证文化交流项目参与者的停留期限缩短至4年以内，将持I签证的记者限制在240天以内1。
塞勒法官认为国土安全部的政策依据"极其薄弱"，未充分考虑替代方案1。法官警告称，该规则实施将对美国高等教育体系造成"灾难性"经济影响1。目前约160万人持有F签证，50万人持有J签证1。高等教育和移民倡导团体对该判决表示肯定，称其保护了美国吸引全球人才的长期制度1。
国土安全部总顾问詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔批评了法官的裁决，指责该判决允许"猖獗滥用"美国移民系统1。这项规则由国土安全部在7月采纳，目的是取代美国近50年来的"身份期间"签证制度1。
A federal judge in Boston has halted the Trump administration's effort to restrict how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the United States. Judge Dennis Saylor ruled Monday that the Department of Homeland Security's policy lacked sufficiently robust justification and failed to adequately consider alternative approaches 1. The judge warned that implementing the rule would inflict "catastrophic" economic damage on America's higher education system 1.
The department had adopted the restrictions in July, seeking to replace nearly five decades of the "duration of status" visa system under which international visitors could remain as long as their authorization was valid 1. The new rules would cap F-visas for international students and J-visas for cultural exchange program participants at four years, while limiting I-visas for journalists to 240 days 1. Currently, approximately 1.6 million people hold F-visas and 500,000 hold J-visas 1.
The ruling drew sharp criticism from the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency's general counsel James Percival arguing that the judge's decision would permit "rampant abuse" of the American immigration system 1. Meanwhile, higher education and immigration advocacy groups hailed the decision as a safeguard for America's long-standing ability to attract global talent 1.
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