Cosponsor H.R. 2315 to End Unjust Foreign Worker Program
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has introduced H.R. 2315, the Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act, to eliminate the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program that businesses use to avoid hiring American graduates:

  • OPT has grown more than 400% in recent years and is bigger than the H-1B program, which OPT was created to circumvent.
  • Employers get a discount for NOT hiring Americans because they don't have to pay payroll taxes on OPT employees.  The FICA fund loses out on $2.5 billion each year due to this.
  • OPT visas are not merit-based, have no wage protections, and no restrictions or limitations.

Fewer than 50% of U.S. STEM graduates are finding jobs in STEM fields, while 53% of OPT workers are in STEM fields.

The OPT program is harming American STEM grads by giving companies a financial incentive to hire temporary foreign workers, even though the government is actively encouraging American students to study for STEM degrees.

Please send a message to your U.S. Representative and urge him/her to cosponsor H.R. 2315, the Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act.


 

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