Grassley Calls On Homeland Security Secretary To End Unlawful Work Authorizations For Student Visa Holders, Clamp Down On Foreign Espionage

Grassley.Senate.gov ^ | 9/23/2025

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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem calling on the department to stop issuing work authorizations to student visa holders in direct violation of the law. Grassley also emphasized how foreign student work authorizations put America at risk of technological and corporate espionage, citing more than 33,000 current Chinese student visa holders with STEM work authorizations.

“Competition from foreign graduates is contributing to rising unemployment rates among college-educated Americans. This should not be the case. Congress placed caps on employment visas for foreign graduates to ensure that American jobs are filled by American graduates. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), however, is issuing hundreds of thousands of work authorizations to student visa holders in direct violation of the law,” Grassley wrote.

“DHS even allows foreign graduates to stay in the United States on their student visas for years after graduation in order to work. These work authorizations are incompatible with the Immigration and Nationality Act, which clearly states a student visa is ‘solely’ for the purpose of pursuing an education, not employment,” Grassley continued.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: aliens; chicoms; china; chinavirus; espionage; foreign; gayforindia; h1b; hireamerican; india; labor; opt; spying

[marcusmaximus]

“These work authorizations are incompatible with the Immigration and Nationality Act, which clearly states a student visa is ‘solely’ for the purpose of pursuing an education, not employment”

[kiryandil]

[marcusmaximus]

“These work authorizations are incompatible with the Immigration and Nationality Act, which clearly states a student visa is ‘solely’ for the purpose of pursuing an education, not employment”

[citizen]

Hell, yes! Enforce reductions of work authorizations to student visa holders & H1B and other visas to ensure proper security and full American educational opportunities and employment.