President Trump’s skills-based immigration overhaul is likely to spark debate among business advocates
WASHINGTON—President Trump’s new immigration plan is set to spark an energetic debate among business advocates over a vision for employment-based migration to the U.S., though it faces dim prospects for implementation.
Around 1.1 million visas a year are currently granted, and the administration says it plans to neither raise nor lower that overall total. Instead, Mr. Trump will propose Thursday shifting their allocation to be more explicitly tied to jobs, and be less based on family ties, refugee admissions or the existing...
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