The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
Sep 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation
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OPT Reforms and the Relative Supply of STEM Skills
Since the late 2000s, reforms to the optional practical training (OPT) program have allowed international STEM graduates to work in the United States for up to three years after graduation. We study how these reforms affected the supply of STEM skills in the United States. Exploiting the staggered 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2016 STEM-OPT expansions, we find that OPT reforms increased STEM degree completions by 14–15 percent, with gains evident at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. Domestic completions increased as well, suggesting that OPT expansions may have crowded in domestic STEM students rather than crowding them out.
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Taxes on High-Skill Immigration: Demand and Supply Response in the International Student-OPT-Work Visa Pipeline
Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unpreceden…
