News Summary

• President Trump signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a hefty $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications.
• The administration’s new move is designed to crack down on what it calls widespread abuse of the program, which it blames for displacing American workers.
• Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have reportedly told employees with H- 1B visas to avoid foreign travel and remain in the United states for now.
• The restrictions take aim at a program that helped create some of the region's biggest success stories.