{"id":988641,"date":"2026-01-29T12:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=988641"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:28:50","slug":"h-1b-setback-for-indians-texas-backs-trumps-immigration-plan-halts-visas-for-state-universities-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/29\/h-1b-setback-for-indians-texas-backs-trumps-immigration-plan-halts-visas-for-state-universities-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1B setback for Indians: Texas backs Trump\u2019s immigration plan, halts visas for state universities, agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In another blow mainly to high-skilled Indians, the state of Texas has backed US President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on immigration and announced a freeze on H-1B visa applications for state agencies and universities.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, confirmed by Governor Greg Abbott, comes just months after Trump announced a $100,000 hike for H-1B visa applicants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In another blow mainly to high-skilled Indians, the state of Texas has backed US President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on immigration and announced a freeze on H-1B visa applications for state agencies and universities. The decision, confirmed by Governor Greg Abbott, comes just months after Trump announced a $100,000 hike for H-1B visa applicants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,15,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-hindustantimes","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}