Update: January 31, 2025. NAFSA's liaison partners at DOS have informed NAFSA that nonimmigrant visa issuance in Colombia has now resumed. Press reports confirm. Background for reference A January 26, 2025 Department of State Media Note announced that "Following President Petro's refusal to accept

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Humanitarian Parole stated that on January 20, 2025 Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman rescinded the Biden administration's 2021 Guidelines for

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 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 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

NAFSA Resources Letters, statements, and memoranda NAFSA Signs on to ACE Letter to DOS on Visa Appointment Pause. May 30, 2025. NAFSA signed on to a letter from a coalition of higher education associations (led by the American Council on Education, ACE) to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing