Trump’s H-1B Visa Policy Helps American Tech Workers

A Boeing technician in Everett, Wash., on Oct. 23, 2017. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Companies have been showing an increasing preference for hiring Americans since President Donald Trump imposed heavier scrutiny on visas that are heavily used to hire foreign tech workers.

While some companies say they need more of the visas to make up for a shortage of American talent, data suggests the visas have been abused to displace American workers. In April 2017, Trump issued an executive order to “buy American and hire American.”