Will H-1B visa holders' spouses not be allowed to work? 100K may lose jobs

The Trump administration has been tightening the rules for H-1B visas and plans to revoke the ability of spouses to work as part of the effort

US President Donald Trump’s plan to ban spouses of high-skill visa holders from working will likely push 100,000 people out of jobs and negatively affect the visa holders and their employers, according to a new research study.  

The Trump Administration has been tightening the rules for H-1B visas, which allow foreign workers to take jobs in the US for several years, and plans to revoke the ability of spouses to work as part of the effort. In that context, Christopher J L Cunningham of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Pooja B Vijayakumar from the Kemmy Business School at