SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 26 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, co-leadinga multistate coalition, filed an amicus brief (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/motion-leave-and-amicus-brief.pdf) urgingthe U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to block a Trump Administration rule restricting international students to a fixed four-year visa period while litigation continues. For more than four decades, federal regulations for internationalstudents and academic exchange participants have been based on the"duration of status" principle, allowing students and other academic visitors to receive visas that remain in effect whil...