The government of Donald Trump proposed Thursday to reduce the duration of stay in the United States of foreign students and journalists, in a context of strengthening restrictions to legal immigration in the country. According to this proposal, foreign nationals holding a student visa would not be authorized to stay more than four years on American territory. Foreign journalists, for their part, were limited to 240 days’ stays, but could apply for renewal for identical periods. Only Chinese journalists would be limited to 90 days. Until now, the United States granted visas for the duration of a student’s programme and up to five years for a journalist. These visas, known as “non-immigrant” visas, are limited to 10 years. This measure, if implemented, would affect journalists accredited to hundreds of foreign media in the United States. “Pending too long, the previous administrations have authorized foreign students and other visa holders to remain in the United States, almost indefinitely, presenting security risks, costing an incalculable sum to taxpayers and disadvantaging American citizens”, the Ministry of Internal Security affirmed in a press release. I’m not sure. This proposal has been published in the Federal Register, the official journal of the federal government, opening a short period for public comment, before the change enters into force. According to statistics from the Department of Commerce, international students will have contributed more than $50 billion to the U.S. economy by 2023. The United States welcomed more than 1.1 million international students during the 2023-2024 academic year, more than any other country. Payant généralement la totalité des frais d’inscription, leur présence représente une source de revenus cruciale pour les universités américaines.. “Cette règle proposée envoie un message aux personnes talentueuses à travers le monde, leur signifiant que leurs contributions ne sont pas valorisées aux Etats-Unis”, a réagi Miriam Feldblum, à la tête d’un groupe représentant les responsables d’établissements d’enseignement supérieur américains.. “Cela ne nuit pas seulement aux étudiants internationaux — cela affaiblit également la capacité des établissements d’enseignement supérieur et des universités américains à attirer les meilleurs talents, cela diminue notre compétitivité à l’international”, a affirmé la présidente de l’Alliance des présidents de l’enseignement supérieur et l’immigration.. Cette annonce intervient au début de l’année scolaire universitaire, plusieurs établissements rapportant une diminution des inscriptions des étudiants internationaux.. L’administration Trump s’est engagée dans une série de batailles contre les universités, s’en prenant à des établissements de renom suspectés de laisser, sur leurs campus, se propager des idées antisémites, notamment dans le cadre des manifestations contre la guerre dans la bande de Gaza.. Mi-août, le département d’Etat a annoncé avoir révoqué 6.000 visas étudiants depuis janvier. And some 55 million visa holders are affected by the increased controls. At the beginning of the week, Donald Trump declared that he wanted to welcome 600,000 Chinese students, an announcement in disregard of the will of his head of diplomacy, Marco Rubio, to revoke “with firmness” the visas of some Chinese students. The benefits of immigration, including the right to live and work in the United States, “remain a privilege and not a right”, the American Secretary of State repeats willingly. Since his return to the White House in January, Donald Trump has made the fight against illegal immigration a top priority, referring to an “invasion” of the United States by “criminals from abroad”. At the end of his first term, Donald Trump had proposed to reduce the duration of journalist visas, an idea abandoned by his successor, Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump announces bad news for foreign journalists
