The War on H-1Bs Has a New, Bipartisan Front: Patricia Lopez

In a one-two punch at employers, the Trump administration is following up its hefty $100,000 skilled visa fee with Project Firewall, an aggressive new immigration enforcement program. It is being billed as a sweeping effort to root out abuse of the H-1B visa program by some of America’s largest employers.

It’s rare for the federal government to systematically target companies for immigration enforcement; usually, any consequences fall on the immigrant workers, not their employers. The initiative shows the depth of President Trump’s intention to curb all forms of immigration. It could also, politically speaking, reestablish his populist bona fides.

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