Residents have a variety of events to choose from in Arlington this week including boxing and football events, a car show fundraiser and trivia. Sports Get ready for football Sunday as the Dallas Cowboys take on the Philadelphia Eagles. Kickoff is 3:25 p.m. and doors open 1 p.m. at AT&T Stadium. Tickets are available online. Deemed to be the biggest boxing event in modern history, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will face off in a heavyweight boxing showdown 8 p.m. ET on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium. Additionally, the co-main event features the long-awaited rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. This event will be streamed live globally on Netflix and tickets are available online. Entertainment Show off your ride and support the Martin High School solar car team at their car show fundraiser from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday on Martin High School’s West Lot. Funds support their summer 2025 competition, where they will race solar powered student-built cars to Palmdale, California. All cars, motorcycles and more are welcome for a $5 parking fee, with games and prizes available. Contesters should pre-register their car online and email the registration link to stemsolarracing@gmail.com. Country music star Cody Johnson, along with Jon Pardi, Tracy Byrd and Ella Langley, will hit the stage 6 p.m. Saturday at Globe Life Field for his Leather Tour. Tickets are available online. Residents can test their knowledge of random facts at Murf’s Trivia at J. Gilligan’s Bar & Grill from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Check in starts 6 p.m. This triple-play trivia is free to all, with the chance of winning a prize on the line. American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart, a vocalist known for her jazz-infused pop sound and sultry voice, will be performing 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Arlington Music Hall. Reinhart is currently on tour promoting her latest album. Tickets are available online. @fluffsjourney news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Yash Ajariwal credits the U.S. for his personal growth. Ajariwal, an information systems sophomore and international student from India, said he was an introvert who couldn’t speak English fluently. After a year at UTA, he is involved in several student organizations and works two jobs. He hopes to further grow by obtaining a work visa in the U.S., he said. As Americans select their leader for the next four years, the candidates’ stances on legal immigration and the election results can potentially impact students and temporary work visas, which may directly impact international students nationwide, including at UTA. “We cannot even decide who we want as our leader, and we still get affected a lot by the decisions they make,” Ajariwal said. Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have different views on immigration, which may impact work visas, said Daniele Volfe, senior attorney at Akula & Associates immigration law firm. The Biden-Harris administration sees immigration as a benefit to the U.S., Volfe said. The Trump administration viewed immigration as a potential threat to jobs, wages and workers in the U.S. and aimed to control that. Under former President Trump, the United States denied a record number of visas, halted applications by asking for more paperwork and temporarily prohibited some categories of legal immigration, according to Immigration Impact. At the end of his presidency, the administration pushed for more restrictions on the H-1B high-skilled worker visa program, according to Politico. The Harris administration could be an extension of President Joe Biden’s policies, which have doubled down on border restrictions while opening additional legal pathways, improving processing times and reducing backlogs in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of State and restoring refugee resettlement efforts, according to NPR. Alumnus Vivek Patel graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s in science and computer science. After graduation, Patel had one year as an international student and two additional years as a STEM major under Optional Practical Training, which allows international students to stay in the U.S. while searching for work after they graduate, as his degree falls under Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Patel was selected for the H-1B lottery visa in his final year, he said. Patel doesn’t expect many changes to work visa policies, he said. Based on the current administration, Harris may not make many tremendous reforms. Trump, however, may lean toward more merit-based immigration and require a higher salary threshold. While that won’t affect Patel, as he has years of experience in software development, he has more concerns for the newly graduated international students. “For students who graduate from a master’s degree without experience, they don’t have a real-world experience, so they will have to worry about it if the salary of H-1B threshold gets increased or something happens,” he said. This year, over 470,000 applicants competed for 85,000 slots in the H-1B visa lottery for skilled workers. While only Congress can alter the H-1B cap lottery quota, the president can issue policies influencing the cap process, such as how the lottery is conducted, pushing new forms and modifying filing fees. In 2020, the Trump administration didn’t allocate enough funds for U.S. consular officers nationwide, meaning longer wait times for visa interviews and approvals as travel resumed after the COVID-19 pandemic, said Katrina Moore, operations administrator at Akula & Associates immigration law firm. Congress is the branch that can make long-lasting decisions regarding immigration by passing laws, Volfe said. The president can do so through executive orders, which are open to be challenged by the next administration or a court. Volfe doesn’t expect changes in the process of going from an F-1 student visa to an H-1B temporary visa if either presidential candidate is elected, she said. The filing fee, though, can be affected. Under the Biden administration, the filing fee was increased to $215 from $10 starting next year, she said. Regardless of the presidencies, students need to maintain compliance of status, Moore said. They need to ensure their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System ID remains activated and are in contact with their designated school officials regularly. They should also ensure their I-20 form is updated and they’re not exceeding the number of unemployment days permitted under Optional Practical Training provisions, she said. “Maintaining those records and understanding them and your obligations — as students — is very, very important. Period,” she said. Ajariwal already has his plans mapped out. His STEM degree gives him three years of eligibility to work postgraduation. During that time, he will try to obtain his H-1B work visa to learn more about the field, similar to his brother who is on a work visa in Wisconsin. Then he’ll return to his family in India to start his own company. Before that can happen, Ajariwal is awaiting election results. @DangHLe news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu