Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday halted new H-1B visa petitions by state agencies and public universities as the state investigates potential program abuse. In the letter, the governor cited reports ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott said the state would investigate public agencies and universities that employ those with H-1B visas, a program the Trump administration has also targeted. By J. David Goodman and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta, joined by Congressmen Ami Bera, Salud Carbajal, Derek Tran, and Congresswoman Julie Johnson, has written to President Donald Trump, urging him to ...

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas universities and state agencies on Tuesday to halt new H-1B visa petitions, which are used by employers to hire foreign workers with specialized skills, until next year.

That was Gov. Greg Abbott’s three-word explanation this week for suddenly directing state agencies and public universities to freeze new H-1B visa petitions. These high-skilled, specialized visas have ...

WASHINGTON — Countries that want a permanent seat on President Trump’s new Gaza “Board of Peace” are expected to cough up $1 billion to help fund reconstruction efforts, the White House confirmed.

The city of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County have formed a working group to explore what to do about an area near the Santa Fe River long planned for city annexation. The joint effort comes after decades ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging Florida’s public colleges and universities to halt the hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program, a move the governor said is intended to ...

President Trump will ask countries that want to join his “Board of Peace” to oversee Gaza to pay $1 billion for membership, according to reporting from Bloomberg and The Atlantic on Saturday. A draft ...

WASHINGTON, DC. — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IO) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL) have reintroduced bipartisan legislation aimed at overhauling the H-1B and L-1 visa ...