| From: Thomas M. | 11/11/2025 6:35:39 PM | | | | | | New Immigration Rule Will End Or Restrict Student Practical Training
An upcoming Trump administration rule is expected to end or restrict Optional Practical Training for international students. The immigration rule, listed on the public regulatory agenda, could appear before the end of the year or in the first half of 2026. It would be the latest measure that critics say is aimed at discouraging international students from coming to the United States and working after graduation. The rule would contradict the sentiments Donald Trump expressed in 2024, when he said on a podcast he wanted all international students to stay and work in America.
Optional Practical Training allows international students to work for 12 months in their field of study before or after completing their course requirements. STEM OPT allows students to gain practical experience through working an additional 24 months (beyond OPT) in a science, technology, engineering or math field. For many immigration opponents, ending OPT and STEM OPT is primarily about preventing international students from obtaining H-1B status. The Bush administration favored granting international students an additional 24 months on STEM OPT to improve their chances in the annual H-1B lottery. Approximately 250,000 students work on OPT and STEM OPT each year.
A rule placed on the DHS regulatory agenda would change Optional Practical Training. “The proposed rule will better align practical training to the goals and objectives of the program while providing more clarity to the public,” according to the rule’s abstract. “The proposed rule will amend existing regulations to address fraud and national security concerns, protect U.S. workers from being displaced by foreign nationals, and enhance the Student and Exchange Visitor Program’s capacity to oversee the program.” While Immigration and Customs Enforcement is responsible for issuing the rule, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is viewed as the driving force behind it.
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| To: bustersmith who wrote (354649) | 11/11/2025 7:09:58 PM | | From: Thomas M. | | | | BBC doctored video footage to slander Trump.
It took all those right wing people to bring about consequences for the fraud? The rest of BBC was OK with the fraud?
That speaks volumes about BBC's rotten culture.
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| To: koan who wrote (354652) | 11/11/2025 8:28:36 PM | | From: i-node | | | | Kindness is the most important value in the world, and I am betting the universe agrees!
And there is no way you can spin that Trump values kindness, he rules with fear, and has said so! Kindness is fine.
You you think “kindness” is equivalent to free money. THAT, is stupid and does nothing but squander essential resources.
Look, I can’t help you unless you can get your IQ above 70. And I don’t see that happening for most of you. |
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| To: i-node who wrote (354666) | 11/11/2025 8:30:46 PM | | From: Wharf Rat | | | | "Look, I can’t help you unless you can get your IQ above 70. And I don’t see that happening for most of you."
That's cuz yours is stuck on 50. |
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| From: Wharf Rat | 11/11/2025 8:43:01 PM | | | | | | U.S. Government Quietly Removes Memorial For Black Soldiers From Dutch Cemetery
Story by Christopher Rhodes
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U.S. Government Quietly Removes Memorial For Black Soldiers From Dutch Cemetery
As the Trump administration continues to implement anti-diversity policies and whitewash American history, it appears that this campaign has spread overseas. One historian on social media has highlighted the administration’s removal of a European monument honoring Black soldiers who fought in World War II.
Plaques honoring Black soldiers removed from American cemetery in the Netherlands Newsweek, referencing coverage from Dutch-language media, reported that plaques honoring Black soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II were removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery, a U.S. military cemetery in Margraten, near the city of Maastricht. Over 8,000 Americans, including 174 Black soldiers, are buried at the site. Two panels commemorating Black soldiers were added to the cemetery in 2024 at the urging of Shefali Razdan Duggal, who served as U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands at the time. However, these panels were removed “earlier this summer,” according to the Black Liberators research project. One of the removed panels discussed the segregated conditions under which Black soldiers served during World War II; the other highlighted George H. Pruitt, who died in Germany at age 23 while attempting to rescue another soldier.
Conservative U.S. think tank complaints preceded removalSocial media user @ChrisO_wiki, self-described as an “independent military history author and researcher,” brought attention to the change on social media.
In a series of posts that have gained over 1 million views, ChrisO_wiki noted, “The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.”
Dutch News confirmed that the right-wing Heritage Foundation complained earlier this year that the American Battle Monuments Commission violated President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity orders, and the commemorative plaques were subsequently removed. Most of the 15 political parties in Limburg province, where the cemetery is located, have signed a letter requesting a temporary or permanent replacement for the removed panels.
Trump and the Heritage Foundation push a right-wing agendaThe removal of the panels from the American military cemetery is in line with the policies of the Trump administration. Since returning to the White House, Trump has issued executive orders banning or curtailing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Among other impacts, the orders have been followed by the removal or censorship of information relating to Black history at various parks and museums, as well as the censorship of Black history in the U.S. military. The Heritage Foundation, meanwhile, is the influential conservative think tank that has long impacted Republican policies and is responsible for Project 2025, a massive plan to restructure the U.S. government and society. Despite previously claiming to know nothing about the plan, Trump has since implemented much of Project 2025 after returning to office in January.
Now, it seems that the reach of the Heritage Foundation and the Trump administration’s anti-diversity efforts has extended to Europe. With the administration and its conservative supporters continuing their efforts to whitewash American history, Dutch media and politicians are taking up the cause of remembering Black soldiers who served and died for the United States during World War II.
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