Technology companies depend on H-1B visa to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China Three Republican U.S. lawmakers have introduced a legislation in Congress to bar American employers from hiring H-1B workers, who are mostly highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, if they have recently, or plan to fire their local workers, seeking to put an end to the “allure of cheap foreign labour”.
Introduced in the House of Representatives by Republican congressmen Mo Brooks, Matt Gaetz and Lance Gooden, the American Jobs First Act proposes to overhaul the H-1B visa programme by making necessary changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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March 02, 2021 12:23 IST
In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington on March 1, 2021.
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In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31
The Biden administration on March 1 indicated it is still undecided on ending the Trump-era ban on issuing of new H-1B visas, with the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asserting that its top priority is the acute needs of individuals fleeing persecution.