By contrast, large #corporations in #Minneapolis have been much less vocal about the effects of #immigration enforcement on the city, known as both a bastion of progressive politics in the #US #Midwest & a robust corporate #employer. 17 #Fortune500 companies are based in #Minnesota, including #Target, #UnitedHealth, & #GeneralMills.

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“But dropping out of school does not allow for work authorization. So there is a quite a gap there.”

The J-1 allows visa holders to work in pursuit of academic training, but only during one’s studies or following the completion of studies, Cohen pointed out. This also requires being in good academic standing & receiving written approval in advance from the school for the duration & type of academic training.

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#ElonMusk did not attend classes at Stanford when he arrived in Palo Alto in fall 1995, working to build his company instead.

“There are work options during studies, while engaged in a full course of study, & also after the completion of studies,” said Adam Cohen, author of “The Academic #Immigration Handbook” & an attorney who specializes in employment visas.

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“I had no money for a lab & no legal right to stay in the country, so that seemed like a good way to solve both issues,” #ElonMusk wrote.

Acc/to the federal #immigration regulations that were in effect in the mid-1990s, foreign students with a J-1 visa were allowed to work only in limited circumstances if they were in “good academic standing” & pursuing a “full course of study.”

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#Melania Trump used a #legal pathway that #Trump & his top advisers repeatedly disparaged as “chain migration,” the right of US #citizens to bring their parents to the #UnitedStates.

#Federal #law since 1965 has said #US citizens may apply to bring minor children & parents to join them in the United States w/o having to wait a long time for a #visa. Citizens may sponsor siblings & adult children, but they typically wait longer for #visas.

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