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Obama's Executive Actions on Immigration
Obama's Executive Actions on Immigration
In November 2014 President OBAMA has issued an executive actions on the U.S. Immigration system. The most controversial initiative was to take protection on the 4.3 million unauthorized aliens, and second initiative was to focus on enhancing the ability of U.S. companies to hire and retain highly skilled foreign employees.
It has been 14 months since a number of these specific initiatives have been rolled out, the ultimate result is just like a question mark.
Two Key Initiatives are discussed below:
“Optional Practical Training”
Foreign Students who are Graduating from U.S. colleges can stay in U.S. and continue their work under Optional Practical Training(OPT). Many U.S. employers hire these graduates with the idea that, during the OPT period, they can sponsor the graduate for a non immigrant H-1B “speciality occupation” visa so that he or she can continue working in the U.S. in H-1B status.
The Executive Actions announced by President Obama in 2014 directive included addition