Fiza Basheer GOVT 2306 WS1
Allowing F1 Visas to stay in the USA during online courses
Goals
Help boost the economy
Immigrants contribute to 14.7% of all total output of the economy
Immigration reduces overall budget deficits and all levels of government agree the fiscal impact is positive
Most immigrants aren't eligible for welfare, unemployment, or food stamps because of their statuses.
International students contributed $39 billion to the US economy during the 2017-2018 academic year.
Less Deportation
ICE reported that the average cost of a deportation was $10,854
Lowers unemployment rate
The economic activity of foreign students supported over 455,000 American jobs.
Evidence has been proven to show that Immigrants do not reduce employment rate for native-borns, therefore immigrants don't steal jobs from Americans.
A study of American startup companies valued at $1 billion or more, it was found that nearly one quarter of such businesses had a founder who first came to the United States as an international student.
What the Policy says
In-class course-load
Requiring at least one in-class course would allow students with visas to stay since the rule only applies to students with only online courses.
Spending for Visas
Universities can set aside certain amount of money to allow students to attend American schools
Rather than get paid by the government, Immigrant students with visas would be able to get paid by their school of choice in order to stay and continue their education at the universities.
Limit Travelling
Forcing students to leave and come back to the US in the future causes unnecessary movement for students that can result in them contracting COVID
Limit the traveling of international students to reduce the likeliness of receiving/giving COVID to other students.
File Lawsuits
Universities are able to file for lawsuits against new policy
Universities are pushing back by applying lawsuits against the "disturbing and cruel" new policies that will restrict students from getting a higher education and damaging to America's scientific leadership.
Legal Foundations
Amendments/Laws
INA Amendments (Hart-Cellar Act)
established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States.
Immigration Act of 1990
Tripled number of visas for priority workers and professionals with US job offers
Trump Era
A recent policy stripped international college students of their US visas if they're coursework is entirely online
Delayed the Implementation of international Entrepreneur Rule in 2017
Reformed the American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act in 2017 to a point-based system.
He Cancelled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which is currently providing work authorization and temporary relief from deportation to approximately 690,000 unauthorized immigrants brought to the United States as children.
Centerpiece of his term was reform over immigration.
Interest groups
Oppose
US Government
Republican Party
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Support
American Startup Companies
Administration of Colleges/Universities
Presidents' Alliances on Higher Education and Immigration
International F1 Visa Students
National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA)
