That article is completely out of date. The metadata from it says it was last updated November 12, 2025.
Though in a little moment of serendipity, the final rule was published on the Federal Register basically right when you were hitting submit on your post. It's specifically for ending "Duration of Status", the 2nd part "OPT Elimination Rule in Draft" hasn't actually seen the light of day yet, sadly. The author based that on Project 2025's stated opposition to OPT and a Forbes article.
Basically it kills forever F-1 holders by establishing upon entry into the US a fixed I-94 "Admit until date" instead of permitting stay for as long as their SEVIS record is active. Also creates some new rules, like F-1 students cannot transfer schools within the first academic year, can't change course mid-program, and I think one of the biggest ones will be the requirement that F-1 students must be in a program that's an education level above their completed level. So a jeet panicking that his H-1B grace period is running out after being fired who then decides to go via the F-1 route to stay in the US must enroll in e.g. a PhD course if he has a masters already.
Trump has had two years to kill OPT and H4-EAD (both executive only and not part of the legislative branch). Ending both of these would immediately slash the jeet menace in half.
since OPT, STEM OPT, and to a lesser extent, CPT, is a massive contributor to unemployment of new US graduates. CPT is basically an internship program, while OPT allows you to work for an employer in your field of study, either pre or post completion of your degree for 12 months, with a 24 month extension available if it's in a STEM field.
Why on earth when there are so many unemployed US citizen STEM graduates would you allow a foreign student to work for up to 3 years in the field? It's a completely fucking retarded scheme. It's also the onramp that Indians use to get into the US so they can pursue H-1B sponsorship, which unlike F-1 is a dual intent visa, allowing them to freely pursue a means to obtain an immigrant visa (PERM -> EB2-NIW) after which you can never fucking get rid of them.
as well regarding H-4 EADs. I've sperged about this before, but it's an absolutely moronic concept. It guarantees for every job lost to a H-1B, another will be lost to their spouse. What's worse is that H-4 EADs are not conditional on sponsorship, they can work wherever the fuck they want. The only silver lining is that the end of automatic EAD extensions (and the 540-day grace period) has created a huge ass backlog that eats up whatever remaining EAD validity time they have forcing them to cease working for a period of time.
You're also correct in pointing out the existence of STEM, STEM OPT and H-4 EAD was not an act of congress, rather it's an agency rule and can be removed from existence through the same agency rulemaking fiat. It takes 6-12 months for a major rule to go from being proposed to fully in effect, and the lack of any published interm rule means that nothing is happening in the near term.
I'm not trying to be a negative nancy, but people here should be aware that while some good things are happening (like the recent Public Charge Ground of Inadmissability rule that technically makes you ineligible for an immigrant visa if you're obese
), there's
much more that can be done. I want Trump to feel pressured to remove these rules, and plan trusting is not how you apply that pressure.
