COMMENT
Introduction
One key priority of the Trump administration is to limit
immigration, in part through enacting visa reform, in order to
increase enforcement and encourage policies that benefit US
workers. Consequently, early in April 2017 the US Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS)1 the US Department of
Labour (DOL),2 and the US Department of Justice
(DOJ)3 announced plans for better inter-agency
coordination regarding H-1B visa fraud and abuse and to review the
H-1B programme in more detail.
On April 18 2017 President Trump released an executive order
entitled "Buy American and Hire American"4 in
which the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary
of labour and the secretary of homeland security were prompted to
suggest reforms and propose new laws to ensure H-1B visas are
awarded to the most skilled or highest paid beneficiaries. In line
with these developments, USCIS5 and the DOL6
have published reports detailing the existing H-1B
