NOW: Trump administration proposes $70,000 fee on colleges for foreign student work permits

Schools would pay before recommending a student; later periods cost $30,000. DHS says it may otherwise end the program.

🟣🗞️ #OPT #StudentVisas #DHS #HigherEd #Immigration

US Proposes $70,000 Fee For Student Work Program

DHS has proposed a $70,000 fee for initial OPT participation and $30,000 for subsequent OPT. The fees are not currently in effect and must go through the rulemaking process.

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#OPT #F1Visa #IndiaWest

Idk what they expect to happen with this. ISOs have unlimited budget to request #OPT for all graduating international students? We have a lottery or battle royale for limited apps? Keep eyes peeled for public comment period and flood it!

@dailybeanspod.com #GoodTrouble

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During #UNGA81, our ED @savitapawnday.bsky.social held bilateral meetings with key partners on #Israel #OPT, #Sudan, #Ethiopia, #Myanmar, #Ukraine, #AI, #UN reform and more.

At the heart of each discussion: how can we move beyond managing crises toward meaningful atrocity prevention?

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“1.5 million Palestinian children are starting the new school year without secure access to education. In the Gaza Strip, around 98% of school buildings are damaged, and many children have not attended regular classes for three years.

#Education #ChildrensRights #oPt #Gaza”

1,5 Mio. palästinensische Kinder starten ins neue Schuljahr ohne sicheren Zugang zu Bildung. Im Gazastreifen sind rund 98 % der Schulgebäude beschädigt, viele Kinder haben seit drei Jahren keinen regulären Unterricht besucht.

#Bildung #Kinderrechte #oPt #Gaza

#Jadaliyya | Voices of #PalestinianStudents From #Gaza

featuring student contributors to the book #WeAreStillHere, edited by Jacob Norris and Zahid Pranjol

co-moderated by Anisa Haddadi and Zahid Praniol

#Palestine #GazaGenocide #colonialViolence #oPt #books #poetry #essays #shortStories

'The logic of elimination does not require every Palestinian to disappear. It seeks to make Palestinian collective life increasingly impossible while securing permanent Israeli Jewish control.' - Yuli Novak, Executive Director, #BTselem

#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #oPt #colonialViolence

"As #Israel ’s offensive reduced whole neighbourhoods to rubble, the records that anchor #Palestinians claims to homes and land have often vanished with them. Deeds, contracts, bills and permits are lost in the expanse of #Gaza ’s ruins."

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#Palestine #colonialViolence #urbicide #oPt

#UKpol #Palestine #WestBank #oPt