Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's plan to introduce a bill that would ban H-1B visas has sparked a fierce debate, with a leading immigration expert calling the proposal “one of the most efficient way to hurt Americans,” and warning that it could lead to more “preventable deaths.”

In an interview with IANS , Sarah Pierce, the Director of Social Policy at Third Way, a think tank, argued that Greene's attempt to eliminate the entire visa programme is “both dishonest and dangerous,” that would threaten the US economy and jeopardize critical sectors.

In a video post on Thursday, Greene announced her bill proposal, that would dramatically reduce the annual H-1B cap from the current 85,000 to just 10,000 visas for medical professionals, a number Pierce stressed is not enough

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