WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Robyn Walker, executive director of the Cultural Exchange Network, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arguing that the proposed rule establishing a fixed time period of admission for nonimmigrant academic students would have serious negative impacts on the Department of State's BridgeUSA programs, specifically the J-1 Trainee and Intern categories. The organization urged the agency to exclude these e  more