Top-selling global artists like Julion Alvarez and Peso Pluma couldn’t get visas this year, and some Latin festivals have been canceled.

International students contribute billions to the U.S. gross domestic product.

The Trump administration says that for $5 million, successful applicants would get a fast track to U.S. permanent residency and citizenship.

Patrick Smith of Loftus Ranches relies on temporary workers to tend his crops. Immigration policy has broad impact, he says.

Qualified and experienced nurses are in high demand. And the Health Resources & Services Administration projects a shortfall of tens of thousands of registered nurses annually.

It’s H-1B season, which means U.S. companies are once again competing for a limited number of spots— 85,000 — in a visa lottery. Registration opened this week after the federal government revamped the application process.

Foreign nurses are in high demand to support patients in U.S. nursing homes and hospitals, but visa barriers remain in place.

The Cato Institute found that the United States denied 35% of international student visas in 2022 — the highest denial percentage in decades.

H-2Bs, temporary non-agriculture work visas for foreigners without advanced degrees, are used for jobs in landscaping, food processing and hospitality.

COVID-19 raised questions about the working and living conditions for some of the country’s immigrant workers.