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The United States has frozen immigrant visa interviews globally while training officers to apply stricter criteria for determining whether applicants might become public charges. The shift threatens to significantly slow family-based immigration and diversity visa processing.
US immigration enforcement has arrested a Johns Hopkins University researcher at an airport before a domestic flight, as the Trump administration intensifies enforcement operations at travel hubs across the country.
The US administration has announced sweeping changes to visa regulations for international students, journalists and exchange visitors, imposing a four-year cap on student stays and reducing Chinese journalist visas from five years to just 90 days.
Despite stricter visa rules from the Trump administration and security concerns, Southeast Asian students remain interested in US universities. Education consultants report minimal disruption to enrollment plans, though families are asking more questions about immigration requirements.