USANews版 - Trump administration moves to limit student visa stays over fraud, national security concerns |
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发帖数: 1 | 1 The Trump administration has announced a rule limiting the open-ended stay
for international students from countries, amid concerns about overstays,
fraud and potential risks to national security.
The new rule, proposed by the Department of Homeland Security, would allow
those coming into the U.S. onto an F or J nonimmigrant visa to be limited to
a stay of four years. Currently students are allowed to remain in the
country as long as they can show that their period of study is ongoing.
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The rule submission says that, currently, “admitting a nonimmigrant for
duration of status creates a challenge to the Department's ability to
efficiently monitor and oversee these nonimmigrants, because they may remain
in the United States for indefinite periods of time without being required
to have immigration officers periodically assess whether they are complying
with the terms and conditions of their status.”
The department says it is concerned "about the integrity of the programs
and a potential for increased risk to national security."
Those from countries associated with higher overstay rates would be limited
to just two years -- something DHS says it to increase monitoring and to
deter violations and overstays. Those students would be able to apply for
extensions.
Students could also be limited to a two-year stay if the immigrant is from a
country on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list -- so students from Iran,
Syria, North Korea and Sudan -- as could other students depending on the
accreditation of the school they are attending.
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“This effort would create a fixed time period of admission for certain
aliens, consistent with most other temporary visa classifications, while
still allowing these aliens an opportunity to legally extend their stay or
re-apply for admission where appropriate,” Acting Deputy Secretary Ken
Cuccinelli said in a statement. |
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