WSJ今天(5/23/20)再次报道关于限制OPT的消息

今天WSJ再次报道了关于OPT的新闻："Trump Administration Expected to Limit Work Program for Foreign Graduates" -- White House to curb popular OPT program, saying jobs should go to Americans during downturn; business groups warn move would harm growth, blunt U.S. recovery

文章链接如下：

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tru ... aduates-11590242401

感觉OPT真的有点危险！😰😰😰

总结一下全文
前半段说川普政府一直致力于cut opt，但是还没有实质性进展
后半段主要是美国学校和企业反对川普cut opt，理由是opt能让留学生在美国工作，是他们来美国求学的一个卖点（原文），如果cut了opt，他们可能就不那么想来了，而且公司招他们不是因为他们是最棒最聪明的，但是是最便宜的选择（害 工具人实锤），同时美国本土毕业生合格的也不多，不足够填满opt没了之后那么多的岗位需求，所以不应该cut opt

看完感觉美国人也很现实，跟川普对着干，保护opt也是因为对美国学校美国企业整个美国经济的发展有好处（原文说了因为这些国际留学生使得美国成功）并不是单纯的保护我们留学生的利益，只是恰好被他们所需。不过反过来说，我们这些国际留学生也相应地握住了美国学校企业的一部分命脉吧，不到万不得已谁都不想做出改变，对双方利益都好。不过川普政府的脑子可能就不是这么想的了哈哈哈，anyway谁知道呢🤷‍♂️

希望大家能帮助加点米～积分不太够～

唯一有新内容的就是这句：Mr. Trump’s immigration advisers haven’t settled on precisely how to curtail the program, with proposals ranging from a yearlong suspension with limited exceptions, such as for graduates looking to work in the medical field, or a narrower ban targeting certain industries.

感觉现在有这么多来自业界和学校的反对，硬要说OPT不是Congressional Review Act下的major rule可以一夜取消已经彻底站不住脚了。如果只是非常有针对性地对准几个现在受到影响比较巨大的产业禁止雇佣OPT员工这倒还可以justify，但真的操作起来难度也非常大。白宫自己肯定也清楚，用砍OPT来解决当前的失业率问题，就算不给将来带来任何问题，效果肯定也连杯水车薪都远远不如，所以讨论这个完全只是政治play不是真的为了解决什么问题。今年大选年遇上病毒+经济危机感觉这种戏可以演一整个夏天，直到有具体proposed rule change出来，no need to stress about it。真的担心的话准备一下后路或者和自己的议员分享一些观点，没有必要一直为了这种消息忐忑。退一万步还是要相信美国是司法独立的法制社会，不论舆论如何，在当前法律框架下要大幅修改OPT相关规则是没有那么容易的。

值得庆幸的是已经有公司、学校表示关注和反对
希望他们的声音会有用

能贴个全文么

看得一阵冷汗

问一下 这是有新的消息了还是把之前的报道又重新说了一遍

wang021 发表于 2020/05/24 03:54:53
问一下 这是有新的消息了还是把之前的报道又重新说了一遍

我看起来是白宫方面没啥新消息，基本就是把上次那篇的内容重写一遍。新的部分应该是后面写的各种反对声音，这些大多都是过去这周冒出来的。

joshshsh 发表于 2020/05/24 03:38:23
能贴个全文么

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is expected to set limits on a popular program that allows international students to work in the U.S. after graduation while remaining on their student visas, according to administration officials familiar with the matter.

The coming temporary restrictions, the officials say, are designed to help American graduates looking for entry-level work during the pandemic-fueled economic downturn. They are expected to come in a package of new immigration restrictions President Trump has said he would issue in an executive order, likely in the next few weeks, though they are still subject to White House review.


The program, known as Optional Practical Training, allows foreign graduates of U.S. colleges to be sponsored by a local company and work for a year—or three years for those with science or engineering degrees—and is widely viewed as a steppingstone to a coveted H-1B visa for high-skilled workers.

Mr. Trump’s immigration advisers haven’t settled on precisely how to curtail the program, with proposals ranging from a yearlong suspension with limited exceptions, such as for graduates looking to work in the medical field, or a narrower ban targeting certain industries.

The Trump administration has made numerous changes, large and small, to most work visa programs, making it harder and costlier for foreigners or the employers sponsoring them to qualify for work visas. In April, the president signed a proclamation temporarily barring new immigrants for 60 days, including family members of U.S. citizens. Mr. Trump also said he would limit temporary work visas in a subsequent order.

Participation in the OPT program has grown swiftly in recent years. More than 223,000 new graduates remained in the U.S. under OPT in the 2018-19 academic year, up from 106,000 five years earlier. They now make up 20% of all people in the U.S. on international student visas.


Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Deloitte have been among the top destinations for OPT students, according to Department of Homeland Security records. Silicon Valley employers have previously urged the Trump administration to preserve their ability to hire high-skilled talent overseas.

Colleges and universities say the prospect of at least short-term postgraduate work in the U.S. is a primary selling point for foreign students looking to enroll at U.S. schools.

“A suspension would send a chilling message about our commitment to international students and attracting the best talent to the U.S.,” said Brad Farnsworth, vice president of global engagement at the American Council on Education, a lobbying group representing colleges and universities.

Ravi Shankar, assistant vice provost and director of the international services office at the University of Rochester, expects foreign enrollment would decline if OPT opportunities are curtailed. “This is rather shortsighted,” he said. “Students will stop seeing the United States as a destination for education.”


His university has just under 4,000 international students enrolled now, about one-third of the school’s total, and another 1,000 who have remained in the U.S. for optional practical training.

For much of Mr. Trump’s term, the Department of Homeland Security has been working to eliminate or restrict the OPT program, though a formal rule change has never been issued.

The program is a primary target of immigration hard-liners who say there aren’t enough protections built in to prevent employers from hiring foreign graduates over Americans. The companies don’t have to pay payroll taxes for these employees, and they don’t need to meet a standard, such as in the H-1B visa program, showing they attempted to hire an American worker for the same position.

“It’s not because they’re the best and the brightest, necessarily,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for reduced immigration. “It’s because they’re a cheaper option.”


Supporters of the program say pausing it would hurt, not help, the economic recovery. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Manufacturers Council, Greater Phoenix Chamber and other groups wrote to their state’s congressional delegation this month expressing concern about the expected curbs, saying OPT participants help companies grow and pursue innovative research.

“The ability to attract the globe’s most talented individuals to the U.S. has always been a competitive advantage for our country, something that will prove essential as we begin down the path to a postpandemic economic recovery,” the letter read.

The unemployment rate for Americans ages 20 to 24 was roughly 26% in April, compared with about 15% for the overall population. Trump administration officials cite that as a reason for restricting OPT for the coming year. That number includes young Americans who haven’t attended or completed college, though administration officials said they believe it is poised to rise as companies consider rescinding outstanding offers to graduating seniors this year.

Administration officials have discussed curbs on student visas and OPT as a form of retaliation against China, whose citizens make up about one-third of international students in the U.S., by far the largest share. They have expressed concerns that students performing research in the U.S. would pass on scientific discoveries to Chinese companies or the Chinese military.


Arizona State University President Michael Crow, who defends the program, said he has been in talks with State Department officials and voiced his worries about curtailing OPT in a meeting last week with Vice President Mike Pence. His school has more than 10,000 international students, and nearly 3,000 recent graduates participating in OPT.

Dr. Crow cautioned against conflating immigration issues and said there is a shortage of qualified college graduates in the U.S. who could fill the high-skills engineering and tech jobs.

“We have to be concerned that this will reduce our competitiveness,” he said. “It’s about making the United States successful. And this program and international students help make the United States successful.”


https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles...aduates-11590242401

看不到全文啊，可以总结一下吗？谢谢

所以官方没有消息 是新一轮舆论讨论？

这一看就是白宫那边没下文了