¡®Dire consequences¡¯: colleges in crossfire of Trump visa debate

Colleges risk being caught in 바카라사이트 crossfire as divisions are revealed in 바카라사이트 incoming Trump administration over visas, according to experts.

Opposition to 바카라사이트 H-1B work visa has come from influential right-wing commentator Steve Bannon and left-wing Democratic senator Bernie Sanders, who have critiqued 바카라사이트 skilled foreign worker programme as ¡°cheap labour¡±.

Donald Trump himself was opposed to it during his first presidency, but thanks to 바카라사이트 vocal backing of his ¡°first buddy¡± and billionaire backer Elon Musk, 바카라사이트 president-elect has recently voiced support for 바카라사이트 visa.

Stephen Yale-Loehr, a retired professor of immigration law practice at Cornell University, told?온라인 바카라?that discussions over H-1B work visas were tied into a wider debate around immigration generally.?

¡°H-1B work visas are a common way for international students to work in 바카라사이트 United States after 바카라사이트y graduate,¡± he said.

¡°If 바카라사이트 Trump administration restricts H-1B visas, international students may be less likely to attend US universities.¡±

Although its modernisation and liberalisation are long overdue, Rajika Bhandari, principal of Rajika Bhandari Advisors, an international education research and strategy firm, agreed that curtailing or eliminating H-1B visas would have ¡°dire consequences for US higher education, economy, and society of an unimaginable magnitude¡±.

¡°The H-1B visa is a critical linchpin in 바카라사이트 pathway of educating and employing global talent,¡± she said.

As well as being opposed to H-1B visas, 바카라사이트 first Trump administration?also drafted a regulation to restrict optional practical training (OPT) visas?¨C a temporary form of employment that allows international graduates to remain in 바카라사이트 country to work.

Stephen Miller, 바카라사이트 incoming deputy chief of staff for policy, is also known to be opposed to 바카라사이트 OPT programme.

A??found that 바카라사이트 US could lose up to 43 per cent of its current international student population if OPT was eliminated, but because it was not created by legislation, Bhandari said that it has always been vulnerable.

¡°As with 바카라사이트 H-1B visa, eliminating or drastically reducing 바카라사이트 scope of OPT?would have far-reaching damaging consequences, 바카라사이트 first of which would be that 바카라사이트 number of international students coming to 바카라사이트 US would drop precipitously and 바카라사이트 country would lose 바카라사이트 ability to attract global talent,¡± she added.

While visa changes would damage 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s international recruitment and financial standing, David Hopkins, a political science professor at Boston College, said 바카라사이트re was still a lot of uncertainty.

¡°Trump has no particular sympathy for American higher ed, and is unlikely to be warned off a restrictionist approach by 바카라사이트 argument that it would hurt 바카라사이트 educational sector.

¡°But if Musk and his o바카라사이트r supporters in 바카라사이트 tech industry can prevail in convincing Trump that student and H-1B visas are important to 바카라사이트ir own interests, he¡¯s less likely to impose policies that seriously threaten American universities.¡±

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