OPT Visa Fraud Exposes Deeper Rot in US Immigration System The recent revelations of widespread fraud in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) visa program are a symptom of a larger issue: the systemic abuse of the US immigration system by those who seek to exploit its loopholes.
Foreign students have been coming to the United States on temporary work visas for years, only to find themselves caught up in a complex web of fake employers, shell companies, and international operations.
The OPT program, designed to provide temporary work experience for foreign students, has grown into an uncontrolled guestworker pipeline.