New legislation in the U.S. Congress aims to eliminate the H-1B visa program as a direct route to obtaining a green card. This move comes amidst heightened restrictions on legal migration and shifts in immigration policy.

The legislation comes amid the Trump administration's crackdown on legal migration programmes through tightening restrictions, prioritisation of higher wages for H-1B applicants, and imposition of a $1,00,000 fee on new petitions.