Tuesday April 8, DHS CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) issued a Final Interim Rule to extend F-1 foreign student OPT time limits to 29 months without public comment and without Congressional review. Public comment was requested, after enactment, as a slap in the face. CIS has grown accustomed to re-writing immigration law without due process - last year an additional 20,000 H-1B visas were handed out in this manner.
Here is my comment in the Federal Register.
DHS CIS F-1 OPT Final Interim Rule (.pdf)
April 9, 2008
Dana Rothrock comments on:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
8 CFR Part 214
DHS NO. ICEB-2008-0002
ICE NO. 2124-08 RIN 1653-AA56
AGENCY: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; DHS.
ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comments.
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