"All Florida public universities would be banned from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas under a policy change that the Florida Board of Governors will consider next week. Next Thursday, the board's Nomination and Governance Committee will consider adding to a policy a line saying the universities can't "utilize the H-1B program in its personnel program to hire any new employees through January 5, 2027." If the committee and full Board of Governors approve the addition, there will be a 14-day public comment period."
"DeSantis complained about professors coming from China, "supposed Palestine" and elsewhere. He said, "We need to make sure our citizens here in Florida are first in line for job opportunities." Last fiscal year, according to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services database, the federal government approved 253 H-1B visa holders to work at the University of Florida, 146 at the University of Miami, about 110 each at Florida State University and the University of South Florida, 47 at the University of Central Florida,"
Florida's Board of Governors is considering a policy change that would bar public universities from using the H-1B program to hire new employees through January 5, 2027. The Nomination and Governance Committee will consider adding the restriction next Thursday, followed by a 14-day public comment period if approved by the full board. Governor Ron DeSantis ordered state universities to stop using H-1B visas and emphasized prioritizing Florida citizens for job opportunities. Universities report using H-1B hires for faculty, doctors and researchers to meet needs in health care, engineering and related fields. Proposed revisions also add a nondiscrimination requirement for university personnel programs.
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