(The Center Square) — As the Trump administration’s recent efforts to reform the H-1B visa process by adding a one-time $100,000 fee for new applicants, a bipartisan group of senators reintroduced legislation designed to reform the H-1B visa process.
Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., reintroduced the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act on Monday, which implements new wage, recruitment and attestation requirements for employers seeking H-1B and L-1 workers.
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