Obama expands OPT visa program for foreign students

WASHINGTON – A program that allows foreign science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, grads to work in the U.S. for 29 months without a work visa was expanded with little attention last month by President Barack Obama’s administration. The Optional Practical Training (OPT) program had allowed students to work in the U.S. without a [...] Read more »

Using immigration to spur growth

Of all the sad aspects of the stalemate over federal immigration policy, perhaps the worst is America’s failure to take advantage of the fact that so many talented entrepreneurs want to bring their invaluable skill sets to the U.S., which would immensely help our economy and create jobs – especially in the high-paying technology sector. [...] Read more »