On May 10, 2021, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced [link] that it is rescinding a 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking [see blog] to withdraw The International Entrepreneur parole program, which had been instituted by a a final rule published on January 17, 2017. The rule had been previously allowed to take effect [see article] due to an injunction against an initial effort to end the program in 2017.
ICE Identifies 10,000 F-1 Students at Suspect OPT Employers: The Crackdown on Optional Practical Training Fraud and Its Implications for International Students and Their Employers
June 18, 2026
On May 12, 2026, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd M. Lyons convened a press conference to announce the findings of an enforcement initiative directed at the F-1 student Optional Practical Training (OPT) program.
