Trump Revamps Horrible H-1B Outsourcing Program, Scraps Lottery

Article CAIRCO note: 
The H-1B job displacement visa should be entirely and immediately scrapped
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Breitbart
Article date: 
25 December 2025
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National News
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President Donald Trump’s revamp of the H-1B white-collar outsourcing program has prompted cautious approval from advocates for American professionals and college graduates.

“It does not end H-1Bs, but it fundamentally reshapes who benefits from them,” said Hany Girgis, a tech-training CEO...

That shift will modestly pressure companies to hire young American graduates — but will not restrict the huge inflow of foreign workers via other programs, including the “cap-exempt” H-1B, J-1, L-1, L-2, OPT, and CPT work-permit programs...

But investors and business groups want to keep the programs, which generate massive profits and kickbacks for hiring managers and CEOs. However, many investors, CEOs, and India-backed lobbyists want the white-collar migration to continue, partly because it enables them to transfer jobs to low-wage workers in India...

The program has helped foreign workers take one of every four jobs in the U.S. science, technology, and engineering sector...

The courtroom win strengthens Trump’s ability to set additional reforms to the outsourcing visa, say advocates for Americans...