Illegal immigrants is the one of the burning problem of American society in present scenario. According to statistical report published by USCIS more than 12 million people are illegal in the USA, who have come here for various purposes like on work visa, student visa, tourist visa, and many more. According to the survey conducted in 2014, there are around 3.5 million international undocumented students, who have been staying in the USA for a long time. Undocumented students are those foreign students who entered the United States without inspection or entered legally but then violated the terms of status while staying in the United States without authorization of USCIS. The issue of undocumented student is highly discussed in the
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On the policy, it is mentioned that the government of United Sates would provide green cards and citizenship to those undocumented students who have completed their masters and Ph.D. in STEM fields. This policy also elongate the federal Optional Training Program (OPT), which allows international students to work in the USA during their school and also after their graduation also. The OPT program for the students with STEM major is extended by 17 month which makes the training 29 months. Some students come to the USA for bachelors program for limited time. Now they can stay in the USA for 17 more month for OPT program. Through this period, they pay taxes to the government and can also enhance their knowledge. If the students is outstanding and smart then various agency hired them for job which could be one of the possibility to get green card for undocumented students. So, lots of policies are formulated by legislative and executive branch to solve this …show more content…
Apart from these all also, if they become citizen of this country, they use their knowledge, skills and manpower to develop this country which contribute a lot for economical sector of the United States. On the other hand, Republicans want them to deport towards their own country. According to them, although students are paying taxes, fees they should not be given the green card and citizenship. They were not born in this country and have violated their status and also involve in different illegal deeds. So, democrats make a bill favor for immigrants but republics are against them. Although there is majority of Republics in Congress, the head of executive is from Democrats. So, this problem is great issue for discussion. In my opinion, the president is taking the right steps towards the undocumented students. As there are around 3.5 million undocumented students, who have been here for a years, decades paying taxes, working here to uplift the economy to this country, they should be provided the citizenships and green card. His policy to extend the OPT training motivates the students to struggle more in their sector so that they can utilize their vision, skill and knowledge for the development of this
On the policy, it is mentioned that the government of United Sates would provide green cards and citizenship to those undocumented students who have completed their masters and Ph.D. in STEM fields. This policy also elongate the federal Optional Training Program (OPT), which allows international students to work in the USA during their school and also after their graduation also. The OPT program for the students with STEM major is extended by 17 month which makes the training 29 months. Some students come to the USA for bachelors program for limited time. Now they can stay in the USA for 17 more month for OPT program. Through this period, they pay taxes to the government and can also enhance their knowledge. If the students is outstanding and smart then various agency hired them for job which could be one of the possibility to get green card for undocumented students. So, lots of policies are formulated by legislative and executive branch to solve this …show more content…
Apart from these all also, if they become citizen of this country, they use their knowledge, skills and manpower to develop this country which contribute a lot for economical sector of the United States. On the other hand, Republicans want them to deport towards their own country. According to them, although students are paying taxes, fees they should not be given the green card and citizenship. They were not born in this country and have violated their status and also involve in different illegal deeds. So, democrats make a bill favor for immigrants but republics are against them. Although there is majority of Republics in Congress, the head of executive is from Democrats. So, this problem is great issue for discussion. In my opinion, the president is taking the right steps towards the undocumented students. As there are around 3.5 million undocumented students, who have been here for a years, decades paying taxes, working here to uplift the economy to this country, they should be provided the citizenships and green card. His policy to extend the OPT training motivates the students to struggle more in their sector so that they can utilize their vision, skill and knowledge for the development of this