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The Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that he has raised India’s concerns on the proposed changes in immigration and H-1B laws in the US.

The administration wants to implement a ‘merit-based’ immigration policy.

Facebook has told its employees that they would not be penalized for participating in the nationwide protest against Trump administration’s immigration-related policy changes.

They hope that a merit-based approval system will shorten the wait for the green card.

“Buy Americans Hire Americans” executive order signed by Trump earlier this week.

OPINION: The H-1B program is widely abused, but blocking foreign workers from coming to work in US is not the solution.

Jaitley will attend the spring meetings of IMS, World Bank and G-20.

The executive order was signed during Trump’s visit to the headquarters of Snap-On.

Trump aims to put an end to visa abuse.

The agency received 199,000 H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2018.

The move is likely to incur additional operational cost for the company.

Infosys has been hit hardest due to the H-1B visa related anxiety as the company supports lowest percentage of native workers in the US.

USCIS uses lottery system to select petitions.

Expecting further restrictions on H-1B workers, many are deciding not to visit India.

The industry will mark nine to 10 percent growth, Kris Gopalakrishnan said.

Greater employer-employee scrutiny, changes in Labor Condition Application and inputs from the stakeholders are among immediate actions to ensure compliance.

A USCIS memo states an entry level programmer applying for H-1B needs to prove that the position is “specialty occupation.”

USCIS announces measures to detect H-1B abuses; Justice Department warns against its misuse.

USCIS has suspended premium processing of H-1B visas.

“It’s a comedy about immigrants trying to decide where home is,” says writer.

Murugan and Nawaz could face a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment.

The failure of the Obamacare repeal effort hampers administration’s H-1B options as well.

Skilled foreign workers, who mostly come on H-1B visas, fetch more profits to the US IT firms by keeping wages low and consumption high.

The Keeping American Jobs Act, sponsored by Democrat Derek Kilmer and Republican Doug Collins, was initially introduced in the last Congress.

Swaraj said it is not the first time that the US lawmakers have proposed such changes in the H-1B program.