The H-1B visa program—a long-standing tool of corporate outsourcing and wage suppression—may finally face long-overdue reform under President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, as a growing chorus of Americans demand an end to foreign labor replacing U.S. workers.

Originally billed as a means to help American companies fill critical skill gaps, the H-1B program has been increasingly weaponized by multinational tech firms to displace American jobs with cheaper foreign workers. According to WND, new regulatory changes could soon hit the program, signaling a dramatic shift in federal labor and immigration policy.

One of the worst offenders? Microsoft.

Despite slashing more than 10,000 jobs across departments this year—including 2,300 layoffs in Washington state alone—Microsoft continued flooding the system with H-1B visa requests. Between May and June, the company filed over 6,300 H-1B applications for software engineers, many with identical job titles and locations to the very workers they had just laid off.

It’s the kind of corporate betrayal that has become all too common—and it’s one President Trump has repeatedly vowed to end.

Back in 2016, Trump made his stance clear: “I know the H-1B very well. And it’s something that I frankly use, and I shouldn’t be allowed to use it. We shouldn’t have it.” Fast forward to 2025, and his administration is taking action.

This week, the Department of Homeland Security filed a notice with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, signaling a potential overhaul of the visa selection process. Among the proposed changes is a “weighted selection system” to replace the current randomized lottery, which critics say heavily favors tech giants like Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft—leaving smaller businesses and American workers behind.

While the new system's specific mechanics remain unclear, WND reported that it would aim to prioritize better-qualified candidates—not just the cheapest foreign labor available.

The current cap on H-1B visas sits at 85,000 annually, but critics say the real damage lies in how the system is abused to sideline American talent.

Trump’s base has long opposed the H-1B program, even as Silicon Valley figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy voiced their support for it during the 2024 campaign. Yet public polling has remained consistent: a majority of Americans disapprove of the H-1B program in its current form.

Meanwhile, Trump’s administration is also tightening the screws on illegal immigration in the agriculture sector.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins put to rest rumors that the Trump White House was considering amnesty for illegal immigrant farm workers. “There will be no amnesty,” Rollins stated firmly, adding that mass deportations would continue in a “strategic and intentional way” to protect the U.S. food supply and build toward a 100% American workforce.

Speaking in Iowa, President Trump reiterated that while he’s willing to work with farmers who vouch for seasonal laborers, there will be no blanket forgiveness. “Temporary passes” might be considered on a case-by-case basis—but only under strict vetting and employer accountability.

Rollins confirmed that Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is reviewing the H-2A visa program for seasonal agricultural work, but again stressed that “amnesty is off the table.”

“The president has been unequivocal,” Rollins said. “There will be no amnesty. I and the rest of our Cabinet certainly support that, effectuate that, and make sure that happens every single day.”

With sweeping immigration enforcement already underway following the passage of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill—which allocates up to $170 billion for enforcement and detention infrastructure—the message is crystal clear:

America First is back.