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Trump has restricted some Chinese students from coming to the U.S.

On May 29, President Trump issued a presidential proclamation limiting the issuance of visas to some graduate students from China. The proclamation bars the entry of or issuance of visas to Chinese students in F or J status in graduate level programs, or who are involved in the “strategy” to divert technology to the Chinese military. The proclamation also calls on the State Department to consider revoking visas. There are currently 84,480 Chinese students in graduate-level science and engineering programs in the U.S.

Lawsuit Challenges Legality of USCIS Unlawful Presence Policy for Fs, Js, and Ms

A district court judge for the Middle District of North Carolina issued a nationwide preliminary injunction, effective immediately, enjoining USCIS’s memo titled “Accrual of Unlawful Presence and F, J, and M Nonimmigrants,” originally issued on May 10, 2018, and updated on August 9, 2018, that went into effect on August 9, 2018, until further order of the court. The memo penalized international students for overstaying or violating the terms of their visas, even accidently.