The Revocation of Two Trump Era Policies is Expected to Reduce Scrutiny of H-1B petitions

Posted on by Jay Wu
The Biden Administration has revoked or rescinded two Trump era policies: "Buy American and Hire American" (BAHA) Executive Order, andthe 2017 Computer Programmer Memorandum. Revocation of BAHA Executive Order The BAHA executive order was signed on April 18, 2017 by President Trump which aimed to protect and increase wages for US workers by restricting alien worker visas such as H-1B and L-1....

Trump’s “Buy American and Hire American” order has been Rescinded by Biden

Posted on by Jay Wu
President Biden signed executive order on January 29, 2021 which revokes the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order signed during the Trump era. The BAHA order signed in 2017 led to initiatives that dramatically increased scrutiny of H1B and L1. Overall challenges in the forms of requests for evidence increased at one point to over 60%. Attached is the flyer from USCIS touting its...