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DHS Rescinds Biden "Protected Areas" Enforcement Policy

February 10, 2025

A January 21, 2025 Statement from a DHS Spokesperson on Directives Expanding Law Enforcement and Ending the Abuse of Humanitarian Parole stated that on January 20, 2025 Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman rescinded the Biden administration's 2021 Guidelines for

The Trump Administration Regulatory Freeze Memorandum

January 28, 2025

Access the Presidential Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (January 20, 2025): On whitehouse.gov | Federal Register cite: 90 FR 8249 (January 28, 2025) Among other things, this memorandum instructs all agencies: "(1) Do not propose or issue any rule in any manner, including by

Executive Order: Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

June 10, 2025

Executive Order 14161 of January 20, 2025: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats: Access the executive order on whitehouse.gov Federal Register cite: 90 FR 8451 (January 30, 2025) Sometimes referred to as the " extreme vetting"

Immigration-Related Comments in President Trump's January 20, 2025 Inaugural Address

January 20, 2025

Immigration-related comments in President Trump's January 20, 2025 inaugural address Extracted by NAFSA from the transcript on whitehouse.gov "Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common

Resources on Initiatives Under the Second Trump Administration

NAFSA Resources Letters, statements, and memoranda NAFSA Decries DHS Proposal to End D/S as a 'Gross Governmental Overreach'. August 27, 2025. In response to DHS's proposed rule that would eliminate the current “duration of status” (D/S) system for international students (F status) and exchange

Current U.S. Administration

New URL to Access SEVIS Production Environment

The new URL for accessing the SEVIS production environment is https://sevis.ice.gov. A System Note on the SEVIS login page states: " IMPORTANT: The SEVIS Production environment and URL migration was successful. You should begin using https://sevis.ice.gov for SEVIS Production access." In Broadcast

Agency Actions Under the Second Trump Administration

Beginning January 20, 2025 this NAFSA page will link to agency actions during the second Trump administration that relate to international education, including proposed federal regulations, final regulations, and agency policy documents and statements. Federal agencies are part of the Executive

USCIS Final Rule on H-1B Modernization and F-1 Cap-Gap Flexibility

On December 18, 2024, USCIS published a final rule titled Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers. The rule became effective 30 days later, on January 17, 2025. Read the final rule published at 89 FR

Presidential Authority to Suspend Entry of Noncitizens Under INA 212(f)/8 USC 1182(f)

INA 212(f); 8 USC 1182(f) grants a President broad power to suspend or impose restrictions, "by proclamation," on the entry of "aliens" (the INA defines alien as "any person not a citizen or national of the United States") when he or she finds that such entry "would be detrimental to the interests