Trump Moves to Realign Visa Allotments Key to Tech Outsourcing
- Seeks rules changes to direct H-1B visas to higher paid jobs
- Aimed at information-technology outsourcing companies
President Donald Trump is taking a swipe at tech outsourcing companies. The U.S. President is ordering a review of America's H-1B visa program to favor more skilled and highly paid applicants. Bloomberg News takes a look at the work visa program that has channeled thousands of foreign workers to the U.S. (Source: Bloomberg)
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President Donald Trump took aim at information-technology outsourcing companies Tuesday as he ordered a review of H-1B visa programs to favor more skilled and highly paid applicants.
Trump blasted “widespread abuse” of the visas for skilled foreign workers before signing an executive order directing federal agencies to find ways of reorienting the program.