A group of Republicans in the House of Representatives has tabled a bill to abolish a program that allows foreign students with an F1 visa to stay in the United States under certain conditions after graduation.
Congressmen Paul A. Gosar, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs and Matt Gaetz passed the "Highly Qualified Americans Equity Act" in the House of Representatives to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The Optional Internship (OPT) provides for a temporary period under the Immigration and Citizenship Act Employment in the field of study by F1 students who can apply for up to 12 months of employment permits prior to graduation and/or after completing their studies. Your academic studies If the law is passed, it would affect thousands of Indians living in the United States studying on an F1 student visa. "What country is making a program, but not a law, that rewards its companies for laying off native workers and replacing them with foreign workers to pay less foreign workers?
The United States. That The program is called OPT and reflects a complete task of ours he opposes his own staff, ”said Gosar. Approximately 80,000 Indian students are employed by OPT in the US, and Gosar claims the program bypasses the H1B line to allow more than 100,000 foreigners to work in the US after graduation.
He argued that F1 visa holders are exempt from payroll tax, making them less than 10-15 per cent cheaper than a comparable American worker.