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Trump targets visa scheme that feeds Silicon Valley

New guidelines require applicants to prove the jobs are complicated, need more advanced knowledge, experience

Published Tue, Apr 4, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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THE US administration began to deliver on President Donald Trump's campaign promise to crack down on a work visa programme that channels thousands of skilled overseas workers to companies across the technology industry.

Fed up with a programme it says favours foreign workers at the expense of Americans, the Trump administration rolled out a trio of policy shifts.

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