cpj

 August 19, 2026 

RE: DHS final rule establishing a fixed time period of admission for representatives of foreign media organizations and journalists (July 17, 2026) 

Dear Members of Congress, 

We are a coalition of nonprofit journalist associations and press freedom advocacy organizations writing in opposition to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new restrictive rule ending the decades-long practice of admitting foreign correspondents for as long as their assignments last.