US to Start Accepting ‘Gold Card’ Visa Applications, Trump Says

President Donald Trump said his administration is accepting applications for his “Gold Card” visa program starting Wednesday, touting the effort as critical to helping businesses hire foreign-born graduates of American universities.

“I’ve heard from Tim Cook of Apple and I’ve heard from a lot of people, some of the people at this table, that essentially in the United States you can’t keep the student. You can’t hire people from the best colleges because you don’t know whether or not you can keep the person,” Trump said Wednesday at a White House event with prominent tech industry executives.

Among those joining ...