White house uses executive action to assist stem students

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ICE has published an expanded list of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs that qualify students seeking a 27 month post-studies employment authorization card rather than the usual 12 month card. The expansion includes a number of new fields which is welcome though the absence of clinical health care fields that are facing critical shortages is not. Given the demand for H-1B visas, the ability to work for 27 months in Optional Practical Training should give American-educated foreign graduate students an advantage over their counterparts overseas, something that makes sense given the fact that the US provided some or...

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Although the new rule is good for genuine students, its better for desi consultants who use the students to give some shady training and then market them as 5 year people.
The H1B bubble and the Tri valley bubble may have burst . This one still remains. .....