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Despite the peril facing U.S. universities and America’s difficulty in attracting international students, the Trump administration may impose new restrictions on students who want to work in the United States after graduation on Optional Practical Training (OPT). New measures also could be aimed at students from China, by far the largest source of international students for U.S. universities.
In an April 27, 2020, radio interview with Brian Kilmeade, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf indicated Optional Practical Training is an administration target. Kilmeade asked about Sen. Tom Cotton’s argument that Chinese students should be banned from studying in technical fields in America because they go back to China with that knowledge.