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https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2021/02/01/the-story-of-how-trump-officials-tried-to-end-h-1b-visas/

The Story Of How Trump Officials Tried To End H-1B Visas

Stuart Anderson

Senior Contributor

Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization.

Feb 1, 2021,12:56am EST

Updated Dec 10, 2021, 09:42am EST

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Members of the Trump administration waged war behind the scenes against companies and foreign-born scientists and engineers. After four years, telling the story helps explain how Trump appointees turned U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) into an organization opposed to the immigration of high-skilled foreign nationals on H-1B visas.

The story began before Donald Trump’s election. A handful of senators in both parties became outspoken critics of H-1B visas. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) regularly introduced a bill with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) to impose sweeping restrictions on the employment of individuals on H-1B temporary visas. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) took the battle further, often publicly chastising major technology companies.

Two bills provided a blueprint for the types of changes to high-skilled immigration Trump officials sought to implement during their time in the executive branch. Sen. Sessions sponsored S. 2394, the American Jobs First Act of 2015, with Ted Cruz (R-TX). In 2013, Cruz sponsored a pro-immigration amendment in the Senate Judiciary Committee to increase the annual number of H-1B visas by 500%. In late 2015, Cruz turned around and supported an anti-H-1B visa bill, attempting to position himself for the anti-immigrant vote in the 2016 Republican presidential primary and a possible endorsement from Jeff Sessions.

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