Trump’s H-1B Visa Revamp Would Favor Higher Earners: The Brief

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION today proposed basing allocations of H-1B visas on skill level required and wages offered instead of the current randomized lottery, a transformation for a program heavily used by the tech industry that’s also likely to invite legal challenges, Andrew Kreighbaum reports.

• Prospective workers would be assigned to four wage bands based on Labor Department surveys under the proposal — President Donald Trump’s latest effort to overhaul a program that’s become a lightning rod in conservative circles as critics argue that recipients displace American workers.
• Business groups said the change would eliminate prospects for employers to hire early-career ...