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[quote=Anonymous]American college graduates are struggling to find work in the fields they trained for. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, recent graduate unemployment stands at 5.3% – higher than the overall workforce – with underemployment reaching 41.8%, the highest level since 2020. The Cleveland Fed reports that the unemployment gap between college and high school graduates is at its lowest since the late 1970s, concluding that the bachelor's degree is "no longer delivering on its fundamental promise."

Meanwhile, fewer than half of American STEM graduates are finding jobs in STEM fields, yet 53% of workers in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program are employed in STEM. The OPT program has grown over 400% in recent years, even as software development job postings have fallen 34% from pre-COVID levels. Computer science graduates face 6.1% unemployment, computer engineering graduates 7.5%, and physics graduates 7.8%.

Please send a message to your U.S. Representative urging him to support H.R. 2315, the Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act, to eliminate the OPT program and level the playing field for American college graduates.[/quote]

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