Trump targets visa scheme that feeds Silicon Valley
New guidelines require applicants to prove the jobs are complicated, need more advanced knowledge, experience
New York
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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