Breitbart: Justice Dept. Defends ‘OPT’ Program Which Pays Investors to Hire Foreign Graduates

IRLI In The News

November 27, 2019

By Neil Munro

The Department of Justice has joined with business groups to defend the program which pays investors more than $2 billion in tax breaks for hiring roughly 300,000 foreign graduates instead of their recent American counterparts.

The government lawyers replied to a lawsuit against the Optional Practical Training program by saying it is a legal extension of laws that allow foreign students to enter U.S. universities. Read the full story at Breitbart.

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