Upcoming changes in work-and-travel program

According to the Associated Press, the US State Department is planning a partial overhaul of the program. This is being done in response to allegations of exploitation of foreign students “by unscrupulous labor brokers and organized criminals in the sex industry.” The AP report says “some of the most significant changes would be to ban jobs in factories, warehouses and other places like seafood packing plants. The agency also plans on ‘re-emphasizing the adult entertainment industry prohibition by specifically prohibiting jobs with escort services, adult book/video stores, massage parlors, and strip clubs’." Hopefully, the last part will have little impact on AUBG students. The whole story is available here. IS