Compliance Management

DHS Rescinds Biden "Protected Areas" Enforcement Policy

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Humanitarian Parole stated that on January 20, 2025 Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman rescinded the Biden administration's 2021 Guidelines for
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The Trump Administration Regulatory Freeze Memorandum

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
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Resources on Initiatives Under the Second Trump Administration

NAFSA Resources Letters, statements, and memoranda NAFSA Signs on to ACE Letter to DOS and DHS. On April 4, 2025 NAFSA along with other higher education associations signed on to a letter sent by the American Council on Education (ACE) to the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to seek more
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A Brief History of F-1 Duration of Status

NAFSA compiled this brief timeline showing the history of F-1 “duration of status” (D/S) as background and context for discussions about duration of status. "INS" refers to the legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service. Effective 01/01/1979 – 43 FR 54618 (11/22/1978); proposed at 43 FR 32306 (7
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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
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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
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