GOP Congressman Riley M Moore has written to new DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin to end OPT, STEM-OPT and CPT programs to save jobs for American graduates. He is not the first one to raise the demand amid the ongoing H-1B controversy but he detailed how these programs that allow foreign students to enter the workforce mock Congress's original intent. "At a time when new graduates are entering one of the most challenging job markets in recent history, it is troubling that corporations and universities continue to exploit non-immigrant worker programs that replace American workers with foreign labor," the Congressman said.
"For year, Big Tech lobbyists have quietly worked with previous administrations to turn 'practical training' programs into backdoor pipelines for cheap foreign labor. They even urges the DHS to rewrite OPT regulations in secret to avoid H-1B caps Congress deliberately imposed. This regulatory sleight-of-hand not only mocks Congress's clear intent for the student visa program but also hands powerful corporations exactly what they want: a limitless supply of underpaid, tax-advantaged workers to displace America's own talent," Riley wrote.
