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Trump’s H-1B Visa Plan Will Backfire
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Washington Monthly
Critics argue the program takes jobs away from American workers, who are purportedly President Donald Trump’s top priority.
Will this de facto ban on H-1B visas protect American workers?
There are shortages of American STEM workers, and a de facto ban on H-1B visas would make several things more likely.
Opponents of the H-1B program base their critique on faulty assumptions.
There’s also evidence that H-1B workers boost workers’ wages at their firms.