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Technology companies depend on H-1B visa to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China Three Republican U.S. lawmakers have introduced a legislation in Congress to bar American employers from hiring H-1B workers, who are mostly highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, if they have recently, or plan to fire their local workers, seeking to put an end to the “allure of cheap foreign labour”. Introduced in the House of Representatives by Republican congres...

Updated: March 02, 2021 12:23 IST In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31 Share Article AAA Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington on March 1, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AP In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31 The Biden administration on March 1 indicated it is still undecided on ending ...

“We will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has said