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The Trump management announced Thursday it will drastically shorten visas for overseas journalists successful nan U.S. to 240 days, down from years, and trim those for Chinese journalists to only 90 days, raising concerns complete property state successful nan United States and retaliation against American journalists overseas.
The last norm announced by nan Department of Homeland Security will do distant pinch nan “duration of status” system, which allows overseas journalists to enactment and activity successful nan United States arsenic agelong arsenic they meet eligibility requirements. That will beryllium replaced pinch a fixed play of time, though nan visas whitethorn beryllium extended.
The agency says it's basal to amended vet nan visa holders. But advocates for overseas journalists reason nan change, saying nan drastically shorter enactment would severely restrict their expertise to unrecorded and activity successful nan States.
The moreover shorter visa norm for Chinese journalists, which does not see those from nan “special administrative regions” of Hong Kong aliases Macau, is peculiarly harsh and could adhd tensions to nan already fraught relations betwixt Washington and Beijing, contempt stated intents by some leaders to stabilize ties.
The determination comes astatine a clip erstwhile President Donald Trump is targeting news organizations pinch aggregate threats and ineligible actions astatine location and his management is tightening migration policies, though overseas journalists are not considered immigrants.
Journalism organizations denounce nan determination
The norm will return effect 60 days aft it’s published successful nan Federal Register. Congress tin cull a rule, but it's highly rare.
“We are outraged that nan Trump management has cruelly constricted nan long of visas for overseas journalists from a play of up to 5 years to a fixed 8 months,” nan defense group Reporters pinch Borders said successful a statement. “This alteration destroys world journalists’ expertise to study from nan U.S. and makes it highly difficult for world outlets to run present astatine all.”
“The relentless rhythm of visa renewals restricts property freedom, arsenic journalists will consciousness compelled to debar drafting nan administration’s ire, lest their applications beryllium rejected,” it said.
In proposing nan alteration successful August 2025, nan national agency said nan rising number of overseas journalists successful nan U.S. “poses a challenge” to its expertise “to show and oversee these nonimmigrants while they are successful nan United States." Mentioned arsenic well: students and overseas visitors, who besides will spot their erstwhile norm of “duration of status” replaced pinch fixed periods by nan aforesaid decision.
By admitting them into nan state for a fixed period, nan Department of Homeland Security said it could amended vet nan visa holders to guarantee their activities are permissible. The visas tin beryllium extended.
This isn't nan first clip shortening visas has been projected
The first Trump management sought to alteration nan visa rules successful 2020, but nan connection was withdrawn successful 2021 erstwhile President Joe Biden took office.
But nan White House past tightened visas for Chinese journalists to only 90 days, successful consequence to nan curen of U.S. journalists successful China, including nan expulsion of 3 Wall Street Journal reporters, arsenic tensions flared up during nan COVID-19 pandemic betwixt nan 2 countries. The Biden management later relaxed nan rule, allowing stays to summation to up to a year.
When nan Trump management projected to revive nan 90-day norm past year, nan Chinese Foreign Ministry said it opposed “the U.S.’s discriminatory move targeting a circumstantial country.”
The Chinese Embassy successful Washington did not instantly respond to a petition for remark astir nan latest decision.
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AP journalist Fu Ting successful Washington contributed to nan report.
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