By MIRIAM JORDAN JUNE 8, 2017 Mackinac Island has a permanent population of about 500 people and just as many horses, but no cars. From May to October, the picturesque Michigan getaway relies on about 3,000 workers to power its economic engine: summer tourism. Historically, up to a third of […]
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BIG PLAYBOOK SCOOP — BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NEW HIGH-TECH VISA RULES (with Morning Shift’s Ted Hesson) — The White House has been quietly working with the Justice Department on overhauling the H-1B program to better adhere to the administration’s “Buy American, Hire American” order, sources told […]
BENGALURU: There was a sharp decline in the use of H-1B visas by Indian IT companies in Barack Obama’s last year as US president, indicating that Donald Trump may only be accelerating an ongoing trend. The top seven India-based IT companies received only 9,356 new H-1B visas in fiscal year […]
The head of the U.S. Department of Labor signaled Tuesday that the agency will be taking a tough stance on visa abuse and hinted at an increased utilization of criminal referrals, while the department noted that updates may be on the horizon for an application used for H-1B visas. Labor […]