‘Freeze new H-1B visa petitions’: Texas governor announces big crackdown

Texas Governor Greg Abott has followed in the footsteps of Florida Gov Ron DeSantis and ordered all state agencies and public universities to stop sponsoring news H-1B visa petitions for highly skilled foreign workers.

Issuing a serious statement on X, Abbott adopted the “Texans come first” agenda as he spoke out about the state’s taxpayers losing out on jobs to international workers. “I’m directing state agencies and universities to freeze new H-1B visa petitions. Texas taxpayers invest billions to train our workforce. Those jobs should go to Texans,” he wrote on X Tuesday (US time).