August 29, 2025 - Weekly Immigration News Recap

In the August 29, 2025 Weekly Immigration News Recap, Finn is joined by Loren Locke—Owner and Managing Attorney at Locke Immigration Law—for an in-depth breakdown of the week’s biggest immigration developments.

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Sources cited in this episode:

– Trump Proposes Limiting Foreign Students to Four-Year Stays (Bloomberg Law — 27 August 2025):
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dhs-proposal-would-limit-foreign-students-to-fixed-time-in-us

– Proposed Rule — Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students… (DHS — 27 August 2025):
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16554.pdf

– I-140 Approval Rate for EB-1A Drops to 43% in July — According to Lawfully’s Data (The Immigration Intel Report — 27 August 2025):
https://lawfullyintelligence.beehiiv.com/p/immigration-intel-august-27-2025-f72d

– Commerce Secretary Lutnick on H-1Bs:
https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/1960319681845133554

– JD Vance on H-1Bs (18:41–19:54):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qT2SAJI_HQ

– Joseph Edlow on H-1Bs:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/finnreynolds3_uscis-director-edlow-signaled-a-coming-shift-activity-7358582203615752192-N8qQ