Trump administration suffers double legal setback over immigration rules

Courts and Democratic-led states mount legal challenges against Trump administration visa and green card limits.Published On 15 Sep 202615 Sep 2026US President Donald Trump’s administration has suffered two setbacks to its immigration agenda as a federal judge halted proposed visa caps and dozens of Democratic-led states launched legal challenges against broader residency restrictions.A US federal judge on Monday blocked the administration from imposing fixed time limits on how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the country without applying for extensions. At the same time, a broad coalition of states filed suit to stop a separate federal regulation that would allow immigration authorities to deny green cards to immigrants who make lawful use of public benefits.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US deports nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala over Mexico’s objectionslist 2 of 4Trump administration seeks to formalise H-1B fee of more than $100,000list 3 of 4US plans to revoke business, tourism visas of 200,000 asylum seekerslist 4 of 4US immigration agents arrested more than 49,500 people in Julyend of listCourt halts visa capsThe Department of Homeland Sec...