_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

The Trump administration just launched Project Firewall, aimed at drastically reducing high-skilled foreign labor in the United States.

The Labor Department will crack down on fraud in the H-1B visa program, while the federal government imposes a hefty new fee to obtain one. The president’s goal is to reduce the number of foreign workers to bolster American labor.

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