‘This definitely has woken me up’: Foreigners scheme to keep their H-1B visas as Trump throttles cheap labor pipeline

(Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)

Temporary Indian workers sidelined by the Trump administration’s tighter vetting policies are organizing by the thousands to keep the pipeline of cheap, foreign labor flowing.

The State Department’s new social media vetting policies for foreigners, requiring a more thorough review of an each individual’s online activity, has resulted in mass H-1B renewal appointment cancellations, with new appointments rescheduled for months later. In response...