BostonThe Department of Homeland Security set a four-year visa cap to start Tuesday.

Roughly a quarter of life-science PhDs and 60% of postdocs are foreign researchers who’d need extensions.

Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV blocked the rule for likely violating federal rulemaking procedure, calling its security rationale weak.

Saylor’s full hearing on the 1979 duration-of-status policy is still to come.

How each outlet framed it
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foregrounds impact on US biomedical research competitiveness; cites judge's finding that national security rationale is weak

Sources: STAT