Trump Administration Restricts Student Internships
The Trump administration issued a memo seeking to restrict internship work authorizations for international students. Several universities paused certain applications following the warning.
The United States administration has issued a new regulatory memo restricting Curricular Practical Training work authorizations for international students, threatening noncompliant universities with the loss of their certification to enroll foreign students. The late August directive targets programs that federal officials claim violate requirements limiting CPT to integral parts of established curricula. The clampdown has already prompted major institutions like the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley to pause certain application processes.
