The change could deal a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China.
Since taking office in January, Trump has kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown, including moves to limit some forms of legal immigration. The step to reshape the H-1B visa programme represents his administrations most high-profile effort yet to rework temporary employment visas.
If youre going to train somebody, youre going to train one of the recent graduates from one of the great universities across our land, said commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. Train Americans. Stop bringing in people to take our jobs.