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What Will Trump’s Executive Order Do to H-1B Visas?

The president ordered a review of the controversial program as part of his "Hire American" agenda, opening the way for reforms that could fix the program, or doom it.
Source: Susan Walsh / AP

On Tuesday at the tool company Snap-on’s headquarters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Donald Trump gave a speech and signed an executive order rolling out his “Buy American, Hire American” agenda. The most actionable thing he laid out on the “Hire American” side of the plan was about reforming the H-1B visa program, through which 85,000 applicants are selected annually out of

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