DeSantis urges Florida universities to stop hiring foreign visa workers

Ron DeSantis speaks in Miami, Florida, on 10 April. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, is urging the state’s universities to stop hiring international employees through the H-1B visa program.

DeSantis said he wants the Florida board of governors “to pull the plug” on the practice. Nearly 400 foreign nationals are currently employed at Florida’s public universities under the H-1B visa program, reported the Orlando Sentinel.