Trump begins crackdown on H-1B visa programme

Trump begins crackdown on H-1B visa programme

New York: The US administration began to deliver on President Donald Trump's campaign promise to crack down on the H-1B work visa programme that channels thousands of skilled overseas workers to companies across the technology industry.

Fed up with a programme it says favours foreign workers at the expense of Americans, the Trump administration rolled out a trio of policy shifts. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency on Friday made it harder for companies to bring overseas tech workers to the US using the H-1B work visa. On Monday, the agency issued a memo laying out new measures to combat what it called "fraud and abuse" in the programme. The Justice Department also warned employers applying for the visas not to discriminate against US workers.