The White House has cleared a rule to cut duration of status with a 2-4 year limit on foreign students so they can no longer be 'forever students'.

The rule affects F-1, J-1 and I visas — work, study, media and journalism — which would close a long-term legal migration loophole. This hits Chinese students and Indian 'techies' who convert to H-1Bs, reinforcing the Trump admin's approach to curbing legal immigration with a thousand bureaucratic cuts.