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Trump administration considers ending H-1B visa extensions

By Sean Higgins
Published January 3, 2018 11:48pm ET
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Trump administration considers ending H-1B visa extensions
A report citing two anonymous sources says that the Department of Homeland Security is considering rules for the H1-B visa program that would apparently force recipients to go back to their country of origin before they could complete their green card applications. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

The Trump administration is considering rules for the H-1B visa program for high-tech workers that would prevent the visas from being extended.

The change is apparently intended to force the recipients, which number in the hundreds of thousands, to return to their country of origin before they could complete green card applications to stay in the U.S.

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