The United States president, Donald J. Trump ha begun to deliver o his campaign promises to Americans a the Donald Trump-led administration began to crack down on work visa programs which allow thousands of skilled overseas workers access to companies in the technology industry.
In line with the campaign promises which saw him into office, Donald Trump noted that the program favors foreign workers at the expense of Americans and therefore rolled out a trio of policy shifts.
On Friday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency introduced new policies which will make it harder for overseas tech workers to access the United States using the H-1B work visa.
In a memo issued on Monday, the agency noted that the new policy is aimed at combating “fraud and abuse” in the program.
In line with latest development, the Justice Department also
warned employers applying for the visas not to discriminate against U.S. workers which comes in line with the promise to overhaul the US immigration system made by Donald Trump.
The latest development will force technology companies in the country to hire more Americans instead of outsourcing job to countries with cheaper labor or bringing in lower-paid foreign workers.
Addressing the recent development which had earlier provided jobs for about 460,000 people working in the US on the H-1B visas according to a data released in 2013 by the Economic Policy Institute, R Chandrashekhar, president of the trade group Nasscom said: “Each of these steps are small steps by themselves.”
He added: “What we are waiting to see is how they will tighten the process. How exactly will the policy be implemented? The process for granting H-1B visas has become a lot more uncertain.”
The new development requires additional information which will prove beyond doubt that the basis for employment of programmers applying for the H-1B are indeed complicated and require the expertise and application of more advanced knowledge and experience.