ST. LOUIS _ For the last two years, Washington University postdoctoral fellow Wei Qian, of China, has been researching a rare fatal childhood genetic disorder with no highly effective therapy.
Now he's scrambling to reconsider his future.
Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order restricting until the end of the year certain types of foreign worker visas _ notably the H-1B for highly skilled workers such as foreign faculty members and postdoctoral fellows. The Trump administration said the move would prioritize jobs for U.S. citizens and blunt the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
