Ogletree Deakins·IMMIGRATION

Federal Court Halts 'Fixed Stay' Rule for Foreign Students

A Massachusetts federal district court has issued a nationwide injunction, pausing a DHS rule that would have replaced the flexible 'duration of status' framework with a fixed four-year limit for nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors.

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