How will H-1B visa suspension impact the US tech industry?

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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order targeting several visa programs for foreign workers, including programs US tech companies rely on to hire highly skilled foreign workers. Experts say changes to the H-1B and other programs will push those workers, and potential innovation, to other parts of the world. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.

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