Tech firms praise reforms in US H-1B visa programme

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WASHINGTON The Trump administration's new rules for a US visa programme widely used for technology workers are getting cautious praise from Silicon Valley. The H-1B visa programme, which admits some 85,000 foreigners each year, will give higher priority to people with...

 

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