Democrats flay Trump admin for changes in H-1B Visa programme sans public scrutiny

Democratic Party leaders on Wednesday flayed the Donald Trump administration for bringing major changes in the H-IB visa programme just before the presidential polls without public scrutiny.

Reacting to the criticism, ruling Republicans said the move will address abuses in the high-skilled guest worker programme used to ‘displace’ American workers with low-paid foreign labour.

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in ‘speciality occupations’ that require theoretical or technical expertise.

A day earlier, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had announced an interim final rule that narrows down the definition of “specialty occupation”.