OPT: Guestworkers Masquerading as Students
Parsing Immigration Policy
English - October 28, 2021 11:45 - 41 minutes - 66.3 MB - ★★★★ - 37 ratingsPolitics News mark krikorian todd bensman immigration illegal alien southern border Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals, primarily from India and China, are working in the United States via the controversial Optical Practical Training program (OPT). This program allows individuals who entered on student visas to obtain work authorization for up to three years after graduation. OPT was not enacted by Congress – the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) developed the program... Source