What type of consequences could there be to putting more restrictions on H-1B visa applicants?
Industry watchers expect if the controversy continues that fewer foreign nationals will consider an education in the United States, potentially resulting in less tuition money being paid and economically impacting American universities. A March 2009 survey of 1,000 Indian and Chinese professionals conducted by Duke University and the University of California, Berkeley, found that several respondents left the United States because of the lack of job opportunities here.