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US judge blocks Trump visa caps for students and journalists

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A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked a new visa cap imposed by the Trump administration on international students, scholars, and journalists. The judge, F. Dennis Saylor IV, found the national security justification for the cap to be exceptionally weak and attenuated, stating it was based on a small number of anecdotes that the rule would not effectively address. The ruling keeps the previous visa regulations in place while the legal challenge proceeds. AI

RANK_REASON A court ruling on a regulatory policy that is not directly related to AI development or deployment.

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US judge blocks Trump visa caps for students and journalists

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Khushboo Razdan ·

    US judge blocks Trump’s ‘absurd’ visa caps for students, journalists

    A US federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new visa cap for international students, visiting scholars and foreign journalists, saying the Trump administration’s national security justification “borders on the absurd”. Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston said the rationale fo…

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