President Donald
Trump is considering a new way of distributing the H-1B visa to ensure they go
to the "best and brightest. This draft
executive order might open the door to major reforms of the
H-1B and the Optional Practical Training programs.
The draft
executive order calls for "an investigation of the extent of any injury to
U.S. workers caused by the employment in the United States of foreign workers
admitted under the nonimmigrant visa programs," which includes the H-1B
program. Specifically, it
asks the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees immigration, to
"consider ways to make the process for allocating H-1B visas more
efficient and ensure that beneficiaries of the program are the best and the
brightest.
