Will Work Program for Foreign Tech Students End?

The “next target” of the Trump administration’s changes to the immigration system may be a work program for foreign graduates of U.S. colleges and universities, Stuart Anderson of the National Foundation for American Policy said Oct. 10.

Last year, the Obama administration expanded optional practical training to allow foreign graduates with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics degrees to work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduation. That’s over and above the 12-month OPT period for foreign students with other types of degrees.

The idea in part was to allow the students multiple attempts at obtaining an H-1B ...