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Executive Summary Espionage poses a threat to national security and the private property rights of Americans. The government should address the threat of espionage in a manner whereby the benefits of government actions taken to reduce it outweigh the costs of those actions. To aid in that goal, this policy analysis presents the first combined database of all identified spies who targeted both the U.S. government and private organizations on U.S. soil. This analysis identifies 1,485 spies on A...

The Optional Practical Training (OPT) US immigration program, which allows international students to remain in the US for up to three years to work after they graduate, has survived a legal challenge over its extension. However, the labor union that filed the lawsuit is set to appeal the ruling.   US District Court Judge for the District of Columbia, Reggie B. Walton ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had not overstepped its authority when expanding the OPT program, despite l...

Synopsis The OPT (Optional Practical Training) program provides one year of work authorization to students who finish their degrees. The law requires that the students must work in their own field for no less than 20 hours each week - paid or unpaid. Full time employment is permitted, but not required. Managing Attorney, Immigration.Com, Contributor Content Khanna is a member of the Virginia and D.C. Bars and the principal of the Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, PC. Since 1993, he has focused hi...

Wikimedia Commons A U.S. District Court judge issued an opinion last week upholding a program important to many in higher education that allows international students to stay and work in the U.S. after they graduate in a field related to their area of study. Nearly a quarter million people participate in the optional practical training program, or OPT, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduating while staying on their student visas. The regular...

2 Feb 2021 President Joe Biden is expected to OK the entry of tens of thousands of foreign graduates to fill the Fortune 500 jobs needed by his college voters when he ends President Donald Trump’s June 2020 migration curbs. On Tuesday, Biden is expected to sign executive orders that will “rescind the Trump proclamations that precluded the admission of immigrants and non-immigrants either deemed to be a financial burden on our health care system or deemed to present a risk to U.S. labor mark...

In a year of uncertainty, and fear one could argue, "it is okay to postpone your plans." "Nothing is happening anyway." "Its okay. Things will happen when they happen." And I agree with those statements. However, while many segments of our lives are on hold (leases are not getting increased, student loans are frozen, etc.), many are still running, just like my student visa deadline. I went home to Brazil almost one year ago, on March 7th, 2020. It was my spring break, and I was supposed to only...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Earlier this week, on January 26, 2021, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) rescinded its  intention, announced less than two weeks earlier, to develop an OPT Employment Compliance Unit. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) compliance-focused plan included close collaboration with other government agencies.  According to SEVP, following additional reviews of ICE’s current Optional Practical Training (OPT) comp...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Earlier this week, on January 26, 2021, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) rescinded its  intention, announced less than two weeks earlier, to develop an OPT Employment Compliance Unit. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) compliance-focused plan included close collaboration with other government agencies. According to SEVP, following additional reviews of ICE’s current Optional Practical Training (OPT) compli...

DISSA), is the university’s office dedicated to helping international students, faculty, and scholars.  Amid the coronavirus pandemic, DISSA continued offering typical services while adapting to any problems international students had with traveling and visa during the pandemic. Traditionally, international students head to DISSA for advising, immigration services, and questions about employment or life in the United States. Now, DISSA keeps track of any immigration changes and restrictions ...

Seyfarth Synopsis : Employers should identify as soon as possible any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship before October 1, 2021, given that it is anticipated USCIS will again receive H-1B registrations far in excess of the annual quota, resulting in a random lottery-type selection process. This Legal Update is intended to enable employers to identify any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship...