What's The Impact Of Proposed Changes To H-1B Visas?

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 4:25pm
Updated: Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 4:42pm
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The Trump administration has taken a mostly hardline approach on immigration policy. And even as negotiations continue on what will happen to DACA recipients, the administration recently announced a policy on the H-1B visa that would make it more difficult to obtain extensions.

The H-1B program is focused on highly-skilled workers that U.S. companies bring in on a temporary basis. What impact could that change have? And does it align with other immigration policies?

Here to talk about that is Shannon Gleeson, associate professor of labor relations, law and history at Cornell University.

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