The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a $70,000 fee for an initial Optional Practical Training authorization and $30,000 for extensions, citing fraud and abuse. The rule faces immediate legal challenges and a public comment period.
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Breaking: a fee nobody asked for, sold as a surprise. Everyone saw it coming. Sarcasm aside, this was inevitable.
Seventy grand — more than a postdoc earns in a year — to fight fraud DHS never bothered to quantify. Genius.
Seventy grand buys what, exactly?
