Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she will introduce a bill to end H-1B visas, which allow companies to bring skilled foreign workers, days after Donald Trump backed the program.

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    14 hours ago

    H-1B visas are how our universities fill crucial teaching roles. Ending them would be disastrous to American higher education.

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        2 hours ago

        Here’s the problem with that, when your university is trying to hire the foremost expert in (field of study) and they are not from the US, that means there isn’t an American that can fill that role. H-1B visas are how that gets done. Why would you hire less than the best?

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      11 hours ago

      Maybe the visas should be tailored to only that, then. Or come up with a specialist visa meant entirely for that.

      As is, they are also used by IT bros…