Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday (local time) ordered a freeze on H-1B visas for highly skilled workers in state agencies and universities, calling for jobs to go to qualified Texans instead of immigrants. He also announced a ban on China-linked firms from state systems. “Texans come first,” wrote Abbott on “I’m directing state agencies…
A number of Indian immigrants in the United States reportedly received notifications that their H-1B and H-4 visas were prudently revoked by the government in December, last year. Notably, while H-1B visas are held by skilled foreign workers to move to the US for jobs, H-4 visas are issued to the dependents (usually spouses and…
Amid higher H-1B visa fees and the Trump administration’s intensified immigration crackdown, 22% of immigrants say they personally know someone who has been arrested, detained, or deported on immigration-related grounds since Trump took office in January, according to the 2025 Survey of Immigrants, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) in collaboration with The New…
