This bill aims to impose a significant limitation on the enrollment of foreign students at universities participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). Specifically, it mandates that the number of F and M nonimmigrant students enrolled at any certified university cannot exceed 10 percent of its total student population in a given academic year. However, the legislation includes a provision for a waiver, which can be issued by the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security. Such a waiver would be granted only for reasons of national security or if it is deemed to be in the broader interests of the United States. If a waiver is approved, the maximum allowable enrollment for foreign students at that university would then be capped at 15 percent of its student population.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Immigration
American Students First Act of 2025
USA119th CongressS-2111| Senate
| Updated: 6/18/2025
This bill aims to impose a significant limitation on the enrollment of foreign students at universities participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). Specifically, it mandates that the number of F and M nonimmigrant students enrolled at any certified university cannot exceed 10 percent of its total student population in a given academic year. However, the legislation includes a provision for a waiver, which can be issued by the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security. Such a waiver would be granted only for reasons of national security or if it is deemed to be in the broader interests of the United States. If a waiver is approved, the maximum allowable enrollment for foreign students at that university would then be capped at 15 percent of its student population.