Uncertainty is rippling through the business world with the release of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on the H-1B visa program that mainly targets abuses by Indian outsourcing companies.
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H-1B Reform Could Make Tech Jobs More Competitive for American Workers
Exploited by outsourcing companies, the H-1B could change from being awarded on a lottery to a skills-based system
Indian software developer and entrepreneur Nischal Shetty at his office in Mumbai, India, in this file photo. India’s massive technology outsourcing industry employs millions of people. PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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