H-1B visas remain crucial for tech companies based in the United States which recruit in a bulk manner from countries including India and China. (Representational/ File Photo)

US President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly ordered an enhanced vetting of H-1B visa applicants for highly skilled workers and anyone possibly involved in “censorship” of free speech would be considered for rejection, according to a US State Department cable, reported Reuters .

H-1B visas remain crucial for tech companies based in the United States which recruit in a bulk manner from countries including India and China. Notably, many of these tech companies’ owners and CEOs backed and sponsored Donald Trump in last year’s US presidential election.

The State Department cable, sent on December 2 t

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