More than a dozen top US tech companies, including Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, joined a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday against the latest rule from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service. (ICE) which prohibits international students from staying in the United States unless they attend at least one face-to-face course.
Seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction, these companies, along with the US Chamber of Commerce and other IT advocacy groups, claimed that the July 6 ICE directive will disrupt their recruitment plans, leading them to It will make it impossible to incorporate international students into companies, including Amici, who had planned to hire and disrupt the recruitment process that companies have relied on to identify and train their future employees.
The July 6 directive will make it impossible for large numbers of international students to participate in the CPT and OPT programs. The United States "will send nonsensical ... these graduates to work for our global competitors and compete against us ... instead of capitalizing on investment in their education here in the United States," they said.
The Curricular Practical Training (CPT) program allows for "alternative work / study, internship, cooperative education, or other required internship or practice offered by sponsoring employers through cooperative agreements with a student's school."
On the other hand, the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program allows up to one year of temporary employment that is directly related to the main area of study of an international student, which can occur before the student graduates and / or after of his Studies are complete. Students in STEM fields can get a two-year extension of their graduate OPT, they said.
Closing more than half of all international students so that they do not participate in the process of recruiting US companies will harm companies and the entire economy, and will disrupt expectations of trust based on previous policies that allow international students to remain in the United States, the firms said.
Claiming that international students contribute substantially to the United States economy when residing in the United States, the legal report says that the departure of these students threatens the ability of United States educational institutions to maintain a critical mass, which They need to maintain their standards of excellence, to train the American students who will make up the pool of talents available to amici and other American companies in the future, and to conduct research that keeps American companies at the forefront of innovation.
"International students are an important source of employees for American companies while they are students and after graduation. Ultimately, they become valuable employees and customers of American companies, whether they remain in the United States or return to their home countries. "the companies said. .
According to IT companies, international students residing in the US make a substantial contribution to the country's GDP and have a particularly significant impact on the towns and cities where colleges and universities are located. During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were more than 10 lakhs of these students who attended institutions of higher education in the U.S.
From NDTV News
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