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What’s The Problem with H1-B Visas? | Simon Hankinson

Episode length: 15m

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Immigration is a key part of the American story. Many, many people have come to the United States committed to loving and serving their new country. But nations have to exercise caution and prudence with the way that they conduct immigration. Bad policy and abuses of the system can lead to all kinds of problems, as we know well here in the United States. The Second Trump Administration has gone a long way toward improving immigration policy, and one of the areas now being discussed is that of H1B visas. These are visas intended to be issued to skilled workers, but there are serious concerns about the number of visas being issued and the ways that they affect American citizens. To understand this issue, I sat down with Simon Hankinson, Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation.

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Follow Simon Hankinson at Heritage.org: https://www.heritage.org/staff/simon-hankinson

Simon’s Book, The Ten Woke Commandments You Must Not Obey: https://thetenwokecommandments.com/

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