1.6 Million Foreign Students in U.S. in 2017
Fri, Oct 26th 2018 @ 2:47 pm EDT
Nearly 1.6 million foreign students studied in the United States in 2017, according to new data released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of those, 328,205 participated in the Optional Training Program (OPT), which allows foreign students to work jobs in the U.S. for purposes of gaining real-world experience in their fields. The OPT program has been used as a bridge to H-1B visas for high-tech employers.
The data dump is part of the Trump Administration's effort to improve the transparency of federal immigration statistics and is based on information recorded by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP).
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