Florida Public Universities Pause Hiring of Foreigners Through H-1B Visas

The measures apply to the 12 public universities included in the State University System of Florida.

Cars zoom through the rain past Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla., on Jan. 22, 2023. Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times

The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s public university system, temporarily suspended the hiring of foreign faculty and staff through the H-1B visa program on March 2.

Each board of trustees is instructed to refrain from utilizing the H-1B visa program to hire any new employees through Jan. 5, 2027, according to a regulation posted on the board’s website.