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Donald Trump seeks shift in visa allotments crucial to tech outsourcing

Donald Trump seeks rules changes to direct H-1B visas to higher paid jobs

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Jennifer Epstein | Bloomberg
President Donald Trump will take aim at information-technology outsourcing companies Tuesday when he orders a review of H1B visa programmes to favour more skilled and highly paid applicants.

An administration official who briefed reporters in advance named Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Mphasis as examples of outsourcing companies that would likely have fewer visas approved as the administration’s changes are adopted. The H1B work visa programme channels thousands of foreign workers to the US technology industry.

Trump will announce the order during a trip to Wisconsin along with instructions to federal agencies to examine their purchasing systems to more effectively

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