Four-Year Visa Cap Blocked

Austen Parrish on the Tax Prof Blog posted something of "note to law schools (particularly with SJD programs, joint degree programs or part-time options) . . . . [E]arlier this week a federal district judge issued an injunction halting a Department of Homeland Security regulation related to `duration of status.' . . . The DHS regulation sought to eliminate the traditional . . . policy—which allows students to stay until they complete their studies—and replace it with a strict four-year maximum limit on F and J visas. The court’s order called the administration’s national security rationale `exceptionally weak' and warned the damage to higher education and to the U.S. economy would likely be `catastrophic.'”