Obama changes the immigration law, increasing the opportunities for foreign students to study in the United States

Obama changes the immigration law, increasing the opportunities for foreign students to study in the United States. Recently, the Obama administration has revised immigration regulations, allowing more foreign students to study in the United States with visas...

Obama changes the immigration law, increasing the opportunities for foreign students to study in the United States. Recently, the Obama administration has revised immigration regulations, allowing more foreign students who come to the United States to study with visas to stay in the United States after graduation and get internship opportunities in their professional areas. The Obama administration expanded the list of science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees that would allow foreign students with those degrees to stay in the United States for 17 months after graduation. They can work as interns or go to work while waiting for their H-1B visas. H-1B is a visa for highly skilled workers that allows them to stay in the United States for 6 years. Obama announced the changes after a visit to Texas to deliver a speech on immigration regulations in El Paso. Immigration and Customs officials believe Obama's addition to the degree list will help fix a broken immigration system. Pro-immigration and Latino lawmakers have asked Obama to adjust immigration laws and stop deporting young people who entered the country illegally and those who have committed no serious crimes and pose no danger to the public. The Obama administration deported about 393,000 immigrants last year, even before Congress began reforming immigration laws to give legal status to some of the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants. Obama said he couldn't choose one of the two regulations to enforce, but pro-immigration advocates countered that there was enough room in the law for him to help immigrants. For several years, high-tech companies have been demanding improvements in job training programs for foreign students after graduation to keep talented foreign students in the United States. Former US President Bush extended the training period from 12 months to 17 months in April 2008, and business and educational institutions followed suit by requesting an extension of the degree list. Industry sources say that about 50% of electrical engineering master's degrees and 65% of electrical engineering Ph.D.s in the United States are foreign students. The new immigration rules do not apply to foreign students who enter the United States illegally.