Businesses, colleges plead with Donald Trump to preserve work visas

To not have peers from other countries collaborating side by side with Americans is going to be a setback for the country

Gregory Minott came to the U.S. from his native Jamaica more than two decades ago on a student visa and was able to carve out a career in architecture thanks to temporary work visas.

Now a US citizen and co-founder of a real estate development firm in Boston, the 43-year-old worries that new restrictions on student and work visas expected to be announced as early as this week will prevent others from following a similar path to the American dream.

Innovation thrives when there is cultural, economic and racial diversity, Minott said.

To not have peers from other countries collaborating side by side