, which places restrictions on partnerships with and employment of people from seven countries: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and Syria.
It should not be the concern of American policymakers, state and federal, if international students are able to get employment here. Rather, policies should favor American workers. It would seem plausible Guan could find one American postdoctoral assistant to hire to help him with Two foreign students are also joining the lawsuit, saying that the law limits their ability to be hired here. Either they misled on their visa applications, or their hiring here does not serve the interest of America’s economy.
Therefore, they either do intend to seek American citizenship, or they are honest about their intentions and plan to go back to China after graduation. Assuming they are honest, it is not clear how it should be a pressing matter to the United States that Chinese citizens get trained here using American taxpayer dollars.