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New restrictions on public-sector hiring of H-1B workers in Texas and Florida promise punishing effects on health-care employers and patients, Andrew Kreighbaum reports.
- The specialty occupation visa program is the primary employment pathway for foreign workers with at least a bachelor’s degree—including thousands of health-care workers. Now, amid a shakeup of H-1B rules at the federal level, two Republican governors are using levers over state hiring to further limit the program.
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies last month to halt H-1B hires for the next year. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced a similar policy that the board ...