A senior U.S. senator is calling for an end to work authorisations for student visa holders, arguing that they harm American jobs and pose a national security risk. In a September 23 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley claimed that foreign student work permits are contributing to rising unemployment among college-educated Americans. Advertisement

“In addition to harming American job seekers, foreign student work authorisations also put our nation at risk of technological and corporate espionage,” Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote in his letter. He argued that student visas should be “solely” for educational purposes, not for work opportunities, and accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of violating the law by

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