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White House Petition To Let Foreign STEM Grads Work Longer In US Hits 100K Signatures

theodp writes: Computerworld reports that a petition urging the White House to act urgently on a court ruling that could force thousands of recent foreign STEM graduates working in the U.S. on OPT STEM extensions to leave the States early next year reached 100,000 signatures Tuesday, the threshold for an official government response. It could present a political conundrum of sorts for the Obama administration. Because the administration didn't act to protect U.S. workers at Southern California Edison and Disney, explained an attorney in the case, "now that foreign workers will be losing their jobs, how would it look if Obama went into overdrive to protect their jobs?" By the way, using a map to gauge whether support for the petition comes from all over the country (as the White House suggests), indicates that support for the OPT STEM Extension petition is largely concentrated in tech hotspots and universities, including off-the-beaten-path college towns that host large international student populations.

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  1. Re:UNAMERICAN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Collectively, immigrants -both legal and illegal- send tens of billions of dollars back to their respective countries every year, removing that currency from US markets. How again is that a "good deal" for the US economy? Besides, according to Pew research, North American nations are already more welcoming than European ones: http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/...

  2. Re:UNAMERICAN by HornWumpus · · Score: 2, Informative

    Never hire Brahmen (top Indian caste). They think they are too good to work.

    Lower Indian castes are smart, good workers.

    Every Brahmen at IIT had a lower caste 'helper' that did the work for him/her. Find the helper and hire them.

    Brahmen will identify themselves in interviews. All you have to do is talk about how 'upper crusty' your family is (doesn't matter if there is any truth to it). They will immediately have to top you.

    --
    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
  3. Re:Who signs petitions? by Crashmarik · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's funny

    This is my first link

    http://dailysignal.com/2015/07...

    But hey, I can understand people that think protecting the integrity of the voting system is less important than deciding who can buy cigarettes. /sarcasm