Student Visa: Google and Facebook put pressure on Trump administration, took drastic steps
Many of America’s top IT companies, including Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, have become parties to the suit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the new rule of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Protests have begun to intensify after US President Donald Trump banned Student Visa. Recently, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have also joined the battle after the top universities came out in protest against the Trump government. All the big IT companies have demanded the reinstatement of student visas ..
IT companies also involved in the case
Many top US IT companies, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft, have become parties to the suit filed by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the new rule of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Now all these organizations together will oppose the new order of the Trump government.
What is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Rules
According to this rule, foreign students will have to take at least one course in which they can personally attend the class otherwise they will face the risk of being deported. The companies, requesting temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, the US Chamber of Commerce and other IT advocacy groups say the July 6 IEC directive will affect their hiring plans and make it difficult for them to involve international students in their businesses Will be done. He says that the July 6 instruction will make it impossible for a large number of international students to participate in CPT and OPT programs.
Experts say the Circular Practical Training (CPT) program allows alternative work / study, internship, cooperative education or other types of internships given by sponsoring employers under cooperative agreements with a student’s institution. At the same time, the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program provides temporary employment of up to one year which is directly related to the core subject taught by the international student and is given to him either before graduation or after completion of the student’s studies. can go.
Companies say that not allowing more than half the international students to participate in the recruitment process of American companies will harm the company and the entire economy and will also reduce the confidence of the students. Apart from these companies, 17 states and the District of Columbia also filed suit against the new temporary visa policy on Monday. In a suit filed in Massachusetts district court against the Ministry of Home Security and ICE, 18 advocates have challenged the federal government’s “brutal, inconsistent and illegal action to expel international students amid a global pandemic”.
