Degrees for sale: How U.S. universities enabled the foreign labor pipeline
The question now is not whether the system is broken. The question is how long we'll pretend it isn't
By
Amanda Bartolotta
May 21, 2025
Miles Education didn't hijack the U.S. immigration system alone, it had help. And that help came directly from American universities.
Without U.S. colleges issuing visa documents, lowering admission standards, and redesigning degree programs to meet immigration loopholes, the entire Miles operation would fall apart. These schools aren't innocent participants, they are active enablers in a coordinated scheme that transforms higher education into a foreign labor funnel.
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To pull off its business model, Miles Education needed three things:
A U.S. school willing to issue F-1 student visa documents (Form I-20) to any applicant it sent.
Graduate-level programs labeled as STEM, even in fields like accounting, to stretch work authorization from 12 to 36 months under STEM OPT.
A school that would waive basic entry standards, like GRE exams, language tests, or U.S. bachelor's equivalency, so under qualified candidates could enroll fast.
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