Mississippi Business Journal » federal program http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Advocates push for more reforms to foreign student visa program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/11/advocates-push-for-more-reforms-to-foreign-student-visa-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=advocates-push-for-more-reforms-to-foreign-student-visa-program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/11/advocates-push-for-more-reforms-to-foreign-student-visa-program/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:42:24 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=59498 JACKSON — The State Department should add housekeepers to a list of prohibited jobs for foreign college students who spend their summers in the United States as part of cultural exchange program that has left participants vulnerable to exploitation, an advocacy group said yesterday. The State Department announced major changes to the J-1 Summer Work [...]

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