Trump is threatening international students, and a new bill could help stop him

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A bipartisan duo is pushing backmost connected President Donald Trump's attempts to extremity a programme that lets hundreds of thousands of overseas students enactment successful the US for a twelvemonth aft graduation. Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced a measure that would codify Optional Practical Training (OPT), which allows planetary students to enactment successful their tract of survey for 12 months, with extensions of up to 24 months for STEM students.

OPT was introduced successful 1992 and functions arsenic a benignant of span betwixt pupil visas, oregon F-1s, and H-1Bs, the visa class issued to overseas nationals who enactment for US companies. But OPT is present nether menace …

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