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A U.S. federal judge on Monday postponed the implementation of new length-of-stay limits for foreign students and journalists set by President Donald Trump's administration.
Without ruling on the merits of the case, the federal judge in Boston postponed until further notice the new rules that were scheduled to take effect on September 15.
The judge granted the request of organizations representing higher education institutions, professors, and unions, including one representing journalists and other communication professionals.
According to government regulations published in July in the Federal Register, the U.S. equivalent of the Official Gazette, foreign citizens holding a student visa will no longer be authorized to stay in U.S. territory for more than four years.
Foreign journalists, for their part, will see their stays limited to 240 days, or about eight months, although they may request renewals for identical periods.
Chinese journalists will be subject to a particularly restrictive framework, with visas limited to 90 days.
Until now, the United States granted visas for the duration of a student's study program and up to five years for a foreign journalist.
A hundred international media outlets and press organizations, including AFP, stated in an open letter that this would "reduce the quantity and quality of the coverage" of U.S. current events.
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