写OPT延期评论之前，请先看一下这些注意事项！

1. 重复发评论是会被过滤的，很多同学抱怨说，我反复发了多次，但是没有显示在结果页面里，好奇怪！

请参考这个帖子：[技术流] 如何防止你对OPT Extension的评论被过滤  

2. 深入反驳、提高评论的质量

有人建议：

regulations.gov上有很多反对的评论。这些评论有些看上去是能站得住脚但是我研究后发现，大多数有不少漏洞。
这些评论虽然有很多弱点，但是因为有引用和出处，所以对法案会有深刻影响。同时赞成提案的同学们大多只是定性讨论，没有数据，缺少出处，因此劣势明显。
我个人精力有限，不能写出很多东西，希望你能发动你的平台上的同学们，系统性地去逐条反驳。下面是我的提议：

1. 找人把所有的反对评论搜集下来开贴归档
2. 对于每条反对意见，在专门版面开一贴供大家来研究和反驳。如果每条帖子都能有专人负责更好。然后每一条帖子：
  a. 总结核心论点
  b. 对于引用数据和事件作为论点的，找出论点。如果找不到相应出处的，标记为出处不明
  c. 细读出处，分析出处权威性。例如有提到CIS报告的，直接可以上wiki找到作者相关的负面评价，打开原出处后攻击对方的权威性。
  d. 寻找出处中报告或者新闻漏洞，比如CIS的这个报告中说44万工作被taken，但是显然他假设了这些工作不被外国人拿走就是hire的美国人，而这事明显的逻辑缺陷，可以加以反驳
  e. 寻找public comment中论点和引用来源之间的漏洞。例如有一条comment引用的是迪士尼利用印度外包公司降低成本解雇美国人，但是文中说的是外包H1b，这些人是印度过来的，并没有使用过OPT
  f. 如果没有数据支撑，也可定性反驳对方观点，例如OPT后面的H1b和绿卡费用高昂，如果一个公司只是为了省钱，那完全不应该hire外国人；这些论据未必要完全站得住脚，只需要看似站得住脚即可
3. 找人把每一条comment的反驳一件汇总成文，附上原comment形成完整的反驳文章发到comment上去

3. 那从哪里找数据呢？
地里已经有人贴出来了：
提供一点支持opt extension的数据素材，用数据说话

想做这项工作的同学，可以在这个主题下留下你的研究内容，比如针对某条评论，你的回答是XXX。
每个人都可以讨论贡献力量！

"By increasing the total amount of time a foreign student may work in OPT after each degree to 3 yearsthe same amount of time that an H-1B visa would be validthere is little doubt that the Administration has administratively established a de facto shadow H-1B program, in violation of Congressional intent." I agree with the above comment made by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley.

And would add that is policy is discriminating against current STEM students who could use the experience in industry to get a start on their careers. Please do not put this policy into effect.
Karl Megalaitis an American, and father of a current STEM collage student.

My answer:
I think the OPT extension of 24 months is necessary and constructive.

To begin with, OPT does not take away the job opportunities from local STEM students but instead help to meet the need of U.S STEM industry.

The short on STEM works is real. For one thing, wages have grown relatively fast in most STEM-oriented occupations, which is a clear indication of a shortage. Software developers, for instance, saw salaries soar 26 percent over the same period, culminating in an average of $82,000 in 2013, up from $48,000 in 1980. In addition, vacancies for STEM jobs are going unfilled in large numbers. There are some 40,000 computer science bachelor’s degree earners each year but roughly 4 million job vacancies for computer workers.(cite from U.S News: Short on STEM Talent)

Next, OPT is indeed different from H-1B and definitely not a shadow of H-1B.

The OPT program is completely different from H-1B in both legal and practical regards. H-1B is a legal working visa which requires the assistance of an employer in order to apply while OPT(Optional Practical Training) is a program which gives the STEM students a period of time right after their graduation to put into practice what they learned at school and make a contribution to American economy. In practical, H-1B has a CAP in each round of selection while OPT comes with and advance degree in the STEM domain in certified U.S colleges/universities. Basically, OPT gives the foreign STEM students a chance to prove their capabilities and the best among them all will be selected by employers for H-1B. Actually the longer OPT period helps America to retain the best STEM elites within the country.

9oooop 发表于 2015-11-11 09:09
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