Foreign nationals propel U.S. science. Visa limits under Trump could change that

The incoming Trump administration might further restrict foreign-born high-skilled individuals in the U.S., reports Jon Hamilton of NPR. Half of doctoral-level scientists and engineers in the country are foreign-born, hired under H-1B visas, he notes. Rafael Bernal of The Hill has more on the likely slowing of legal immigration. “[Y]ou’re very likely to see American consumers not able to get some of the services they want to be provided,” said Stuart Anderson, director of the National Foundation for American Policy. 

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