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- U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration added a $100,000 fee, a wage-level lottery, and paused visas for 39 countries.
- It also tightened Optional Practical Training (OPT) rules.
- International graduates have five months to find employment before they must leave the United States.
- Caroline Liu, a 21-year-old Chinese MIT computer-science senior, called the rules increasingly unfriendly.
- Officials say cutting the 1.3 million foreign students for 2025 will protect U.S. jobs amid AI-driven layoffs.
