• MEDIA: US: Steady rise in Indian students staying on for job training

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 21 13:36:30 2023
    Indian Express' Mansi Singh on whether Donald Trump regrets slow-
    walking John Miano's lawsuit to end the OPT stage in F-1 to OPT to
    H-1B scab worker import pipeline: <URL:https://indianexpress.com/article/education/study-abroad/steady-rise-in-indian-students-in-us-staying-on-for-job-training-8382304/>
    | The programme faced legal challenges from workers' unions in the US
    | which argued that it goes beyond the scope of student visas, but the
    | US Court of Appeals DC circuit upheld its validity in October last
    | year.
    |
    | Students commonly transition from OPT authorisation (part of F-1
    | status) to H-1B status. OPT is seen, in many cases, as a stepping
    | stone to an H1-B visa for foreign graduates, especially in STEM
    | fields. Overall, in 2021-22, Indian students made up roughly 37 per
    | cent of the 1,84,759 international students in the US signing up for
    | OPT.

    Does Kellyanne Conway fear the Ken Griffin and Lachlan Murdoch will
    allow Ron DeSantis to campaign against Big .EDU presidents and deans
    leasing American classroom seats and laboratory stools to the 8+B
    globe's top two quintiles with the promise of an American work visa
    at graduation?
    John
    groenveld@acm.org
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