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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that a new unit will be launched by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to monitor the Optical Practical Training (OPT) work permit scheme. The unit will focus on making sure compliance is met in terms of personnel, wages, hours and salaries.   The DHS said: “The unit will support ICE, which is currently unable to evaluate the impact OPT has had on US workers and foreign students who have obtained work authorisati...

International Virginia Tech student shares challenges in U.S. job search ‘I started to have a community here’ Tags:  BLACKBURG, Va – With Virginia Tech winter commencement Friday, most graduates are already well into their post-grad job search, but one international student is facing more challenges than others. Jon Labatut left his home in France to study engineering at Virginia Tech in hopes of expanding his horizons. “I started to have a community here, I have a girlfriend, have som...