Overview
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced legislation to end the H‑1B program, revoke its pathway to citizenship, and require holders to leave when visas expire.
- Her bill allows a temporary carve‑out of up to 10,000 visas a year for medical professionals that would be phased out over a decade and would bar non‑citizen medical students from Medicare‑funded residencies.
- President Trump this week defended limited use of H‑1Bs on Fox News, prompting backlash from MAGA figures even as a White House spokesperson touted a $100,000 supplemental fee and tighter safeguards.
- Labor Department scrutiny has expanded, with reports of at least 175 investigations into alleged H‑1B abuses since the September fee proclamation.
- Industry voices and researchers warn of economic damage if the program is eliminated, with a Manhattan Institute analysis projecting $185 billion more federal debt over 10 years and a $26 billion hit to GDP.