How important is having an internship to get a good job for ML PhD in USA? [D]

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Hey everyone, I'm an international student studying in the US. I'm on track to graduate late next year. My research is not exactly ML, it is in 3D computer vision but have decent exposure to ML as well. In case you didn't know, the CPT program (which let's internation students do internships) has been suspended by many top universities (UC Berkeley, UIUC, Purdue, UNC, UCLA, stanford, etc). Given that there is now no way for me to do an internship, how hard will it be for me to get a job when I'm