However, our federal visa program is in desperate need of reform and it must be addressed with a serious, clear-eyed approach. For years, America’s work visa programs – specifically H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers – have been abused. At their conception, these visas were the solution for American companies that could not find American workers to fill specific, niche positions. In the current system, 85,000 H-1B visas are allotted by lottery annually. While the order applies broadly to all U.S. visa programs, it specifically addresses the problems within the H-1B visa program and demands reforms that ensure these visas are only awarded to companies that actually require highly skilled foreign workers.

Source: Forbes May 22, 2017 15:33 UTC