The Kohl Center arena and athletic center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. (iStock)
"American students spend years earning degrees, only to watch universities hand good-paying jobs to foreign workers on special visas," Tiffany said in a statement. "The CAP Act ensures our institutions invest in the people they are meant to serve and ends the backdoor hiring practices that undercut American workers."
The proposal would not be retroactive, so current H-1B visa holders at universities could still apply for their extension without going towards the limit.
The legislation is co-sponsored by Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia.
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Higher education reforms are being proposed to the H-1B visa program. (iStock)
"The main function of the H-1B visa program and other guest worker initiatives is not to hire ‘the best and the brightest,’ but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad," the Vermont senator posted to X in January. "The cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make."
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As of 2019, there were just under 600,000 H-1B visa holders, according to USCIS data. The Trump administration could make other reforms to the program soon, according to GovTech.
Besides H-1B visas, student visas in some cases have also recently come under fire, particularly at Harvard University. The State Department announced on Wednesday that they are looking into whether it can continue to be part of the Exchange Visitor Program due to "national security" concerns.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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