Trump, tech tycoons talk overhaul of high-skilled visa program
January 12, 2017 at 06:00 AM EST
By Mica Rosenberg, Stephen Nellis and Emily Stephenson NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has been actively considering ways to revamp a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Possibilities for reforming the distribution of H-1B visas, which are used largely by the tech industry, were discussed at a meeting last month wit