H-1B Revamp Languishes in Biden’s Unfinished Immigration Agenda

The Biden administration has only until the start of the new year to wrap up rulemaking on high-skill employment visas and put more staff behind a steep backlog of work permits, among other items still on its to-do list.

With only two months until Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, the White House will have to target efforts to get rules over the finish line, priorities that are getting a final push from immigrant advocacy groups and business immigration practitioners.

The Trump administration will focus on immigration enforcement, so those groups want to see Biden officials take any remaining steps they ...