Startup Beat

As long as there have been economies with borders, some form of protectionism has arisen. The United States is no different as it seeks to protect American jobs for American workers. The problem arises when there’s an absence of skills in a country which raises the need for skilled migrants to join the workforce.

One avenue that skilled migrants to the US could take was through the H-1B visa. The visa made its debut in 1990 with around 65,000 visas allotted on a lottery basis for migrants within specialized fields like programming and computer science.

Twenty-five years later though, the use of the visa has people divided even among political parties, with many souring on the influx of migrants and the perceived effect on the local workforce.

In 2023, more than 700,000 people held H-1B visas in the United States, notes Forbes. The visa is also open to entrepreneurs looking

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