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Graduates wave ribbons during Harvard University's 375th Commencement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 28, 2026.

Inside DHS's $70,000 OPT Fee Rule: Schools Pay, Treasury Keeps It

DHS's own math charges even STEM extensions the full $70,000 in the rule's first year, and every dollar of the estimated $12.4 billion a year would go to the general Treasury, not ICE.

Politics  · 8 Oct 2026, 12:44  · Marcus Hale