I feel like a big concern could be resolved by creating a new type of visa for students who studied in the US and now want to work there, rather than a general foreign professional visa.

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toxicdevil 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Students have access to OPT (1y) and STEM OPT (2y) on the same visa to work after their degree. If they go for a higher degree then they can get OPT again. Grad students from US universities also get a separate quota in the H1B cap.

All of this should to a little extent alleviate some of the concerns.

The weighted system should still work since the candidate pool (from within the US) is likely mostly students on OPT. They should have comparable salaries, unless they are hired by rotten companies.

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thatfrenchguy an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But then you’re accentuating the master mill problem and loosing on a ton of talent who does not have the money to pay for a degree in the US.

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pessimizer 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why should they be favored?

	▲	bdcravens 7 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There has been a lot of criticism about US universities training future competitors to the US economy. Also there's presumably value in someone receiving their training at a US educational institution, derived from US values and US capitalism, versus a foreign institution.
	▲	zbentley 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Their qualifications for certain roles are easier to vouch for if they have studied at accredited US schools. That’s not to say that all US schools are good or equal, just that the credential is easier to validate.

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OptionOfT 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But for students there is the O-1 visa?

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jpalawaga 12 hours ago | parent [-]

way too hard to get. see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/13uk5yb/o1_visa_peti...

studying here is no guarantee you'll get to stay, even if you did a phd.

	▲	jacobgkau 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That anecdote is a sample size of 1, and the OP of that thread did end up getting the visa, despite their company's partner's lawyers' "belief" that their application would be "on the weaker side."

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franktankbank 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Way too many crap colleges out there.