
美国国土安部提出新规,要求学校为每位申请专业实习(OPT)计划的国际学生支付7万美元费用,续签需缴3万美元,旨在打击签证欺诈与滥用,引发教育界和企业担忧。
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美国国土安全部提出新规,要求学校为每位申请专业实习(OPT)计划的国际学生支付7万美元费用,续签需缴3万美元。OPT计划允许学生在学期间或毕业后从事与专业相关的工作,STEM专业学生可延长两年工作资格。
美国国土安全部週三(7日)提議,向尋求在美國工作的國際學生收取7萬美元(約合新台幣225萬元)的規費。《美聯社》報導,這項新制草案將要求學校為每位參與「專業實習」(Optional Practical Training,OPT)計畫的學生支付這筆費用。依照規定,學校必須為每位初次申請該計畫的學生支付7萬美元,而每次續簽則需繳納3萬美元的費用。請繼續往下閱讀...OPT計畫允許學生在學期間或畢業後,從事與其所學專業相關的工作。學生畢業後通常可獲得一年的工作資格,但某些科學、技術、工程和數學(STEM)專業的學生有資格額外延長兩年。報導指出,新制恐對高等教育與部分企業造成沉重打擊。美國大專院校大量招收海外學生,將其作為學費收入的重要來源;科技公司及其他產業也大量聘用外國學生擔任技術職位。國土安全部在聲明中表示,這筆費用是針對該簽證計畫的詐欺與濫用行為所採取的因應措施,並稱該計畫已淪為「廉價外勞的管道」。公眾有60天的時間對該提案提出意見。該草案被視為川普政府打壓國際學生的最新動作;美國先前曾無預警撤銷外籍學生身分,並試圖限制居留不逾4年,但9月已遭法院阻止生效。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
美国国土安部将在60天公众意见期后最终确定该费用规则
Likely · Within months

Less than two months before the nine-in-one election, Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan revealed at the opening ceremony of the Pinglin New Bridge that Taiping District Councilor Huang Jiatian of the Kuomintang did not rest after hip surgery and continued to run around the constituency and municipal work. He was rushed to the hospital last night due to leg pain and inflammation and is currently being treated at the National Military Taichung General Hospital. His mother, Li Lihua, confirmed that Huang Jiatian was unable to move and needed to rest and recover.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan announced plans to relocate Songshan Airport and use the relocated 300 hectares of land to build the Taipei AI Park to build residences and parks. Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party pointed out that the key to the traffic problem in Neihu lies in the lack of cross-river bridges caused by Songshan Airport. He suggested that priority should be given to building bicycle cross-river bridges. He also emphasized that Beishike is the most suitable place to develop the AI industry, but transportation network planning needs to be dealt with first to avoid two-way traffic jams.

Former China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Yi Huiman was transferred to the prosecutors for prosecution on September 30 for bribery and power-sex transactions. It was reported online that his power-sex transactions involved 73 women, including the Young Teeth sisters, which triggered heated discussions and doubts among netizens. However, the news has not been officially confirmed.

Registration for the nine-in-one election has ended. For the Taichung mayoral election, three people, including He Xinchun of the Democratic Progressive Party, Jiang Qichen of the Chinese Kuomintang, and Hong Lihua of the Justice and Justice Party, have completed registration. Hong Lihua, the former head of Luliao District, Shalu District, has run for city council and legislators as a non-party member. She is expected to hold the founding meeting of the headquarters in Shalu on the 11th. Her political views focus on issues such as the declining birth rate, economic development and the welfare of the elderly.

Former President Tsai Ing-wen arrived at Stanford University in the early morning of the 8th, Taipei time, to prepare an English speech. The night before, she posted an article on Threads to report her whereabouts and mentioned an interview with Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party. Her sentence "Do you want to hear me speak English?" triggered an enthusiastic response from netizens. At the same time, thinking of the controversy over Jiang Wanan's foreign language ability, sarcasm and support appeared in the comment area.

Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, has agreed to participate in the TV debate hosted by TVBS. Wu Siyao, director general of his campaign office, said that Shen Boyang has signed invitations to debates from four media outlets: FTV, Sanli, Mirror TV and TVBS. He advocates that debates must be held as soon as possible. The more debates the better, and calls on Chiang Wanan’s camp to start consultations as soon as possible and incorporate cross-examination into the debate process so that direct confrontation on municipal issues can be achieved.