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Trump’s Executive Action to Reform H-1B Visa Program; EB-5 Program Tackled On Hill

Homeland Security Today: President Trump’s Buy American, Hire American Executive Order, includes what his administration and congressional supporters of the order say are important reforms to the H-1B Visa program.

The H-1B Visa program allows US employers to hire foreign specialty workers in technical and highly-skilled fields, like engineering, medicine, mathematics and science. These workers receive a nonimmigrant visa that can last as long as six years.

The order requires the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Homeland Security to, “as soon as practicable, and consistent with applicable law, propose new rules and issue new guidance, to supersede or revise previous rules and guidance if appropriate, to protect the interests of United States workers in the administration of our immigration system, including through the prevention of fraud or abuse.”

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