Judicial pushback stalls Trump’s visa caps and public-benefits crackdown
TL;DR
Two federal legal actions hit the Trump administration’s immigration push: a judge halted four-year caps on F/J visas and a 240-day cap on I visas—affecting about 1.6 million students and 500,000 exchange visitors—while a coalition of 22 states and D.C. filed suits to block a DHS rule expanding public-charge inadmissibility to include non-cash benefits, arguing Congress powers are bypassed.
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