The White House did not immediately comment on whether Trump was considering changes beyond those proposed in new rules issued in December by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Trump, a Republican, has embraced changes to the immigration system to favour educated or highly skilled people. Trump, who has also sought to limit legal immigration, in April 2017 ordered a reform of the US visa program to benefit educated and highly skilled workers. US companies often use H-1B visas to hire graduate-level workers in several specialised fields, including information technology, medicine, engineering and mathematics. When asked about Trump’s tweet, USCIS spokesman Michael Bars pointed to the administration’s proposed changes to the H-1B process, which are likely to become final later this year.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2019 18:45 UTC