(The Immigration Policy Tracking Project maintains a searchable, annotated database of these actions. H1-B visa delays, worker attrition, higher costs, and a growing risk of losing valuable talent are the new normal. Related:CIO Watercooler Talk: Stepping Up as C-Suite Advisors Amid DisruptionStates Julie Gelatt, associate director of the US Immigration Policy Program at the Immigration Policy Institute (MPI): “There’s a concentration of extremely smart individuals doing cutting-edge work that still draws talent to the US. Loren Locke, an immigration attorney at Locke Immigration Law in Atlanta, believes that the system has become increasingly hostile to foreign-born workers. CIOs should treat immigration risk like security or regulatory risk, Locke says.