new york/san francisco president-elect donald trump transition team actively consider ways revamp temporary visa program use bring foreign workers unite state fill high-skilled job accord source familiar discussions possibilities reform distribution h-1b visa use largely tech industry discuss meet last month chief executives tech company trump tower say two source ask name authorize talk closed-door talk miss pharma grapple drug price backlash doj examine fbi action clinton email probe trump senior policy adviser stephen miller propose scrap exist lottery system use award visa possible replacement system would favor visa petition job pay high salaries accord source h-1b visa intend foreign nationals specialty occupations generally require high education accord u.s. citizenship immigration service uscis include limit scientists engineer computer programmers government award 65,000 every year company say use recruit top talent majority visa award outsource firm spark criticism skeptics say firm use visa fill lower-level information technology job critics also say lottery system benefit outsource firm flood system mass applications h-1b visa program tend critical outsource firm u.s. tech firm instance 60 percent u.s. employees indian outsource firm infosys infy.ns h-1b holders company annual report cite increase visa cost among factor could hurt profitability top 10 recipients h-1b visa 2015 outsource firm accord government data compile ieee-usa professional organization represent u.s. engineer sixty-five percent h-1b petition approve 2014 fiscal year go tech workers mostly india accord uscis several high-profile case american workers ask train h-1b holders job lay idea advance miller tech meet also push ieee-usa miller previously serve staffer senator jeff sessions trump pick attorney general outspoken critic abuse h-1b program trump apply h-1b visa bring foreign workers businesses send mix message program campaign trail assail take job u.s. workers republican debate last march say soften position talented people country late issue statement website say would end forever use h-1b cheap labor program trump businesses like trump national golf club trump model management receive permission bring two dozen foreign employees h-1b visa since 2011 accord department labor data meet last month new york trump seem search middle grind members transition team raise specific proposals two source say third source familiar talk say trump team also discuss plan change lottery system internally dozen top tech executives country large tech company include google googl.o facebook fb.o apple aapl.o present meet microsoft msft.o ceo satya nadella say technology company need able recruit talent abroad necessary trump seem open modify h-1b program source say say want stop bad people immigrate unite state great people accord one account meet among proposals group discuss raise cost applications large company way discourage bulk file visa ask trump would object none tech ceos say would view president-elect hostile h-1b visa say one source familiar discussions meet trump could initiate change visa program executive action significant shift would likely need go lengthy formal rulemaking process say stephen yale-loehr immigration expert cornell law school major change would likely subject court challenge say reform like change visa cap offer green card high-tech workers could require congressional action yale-loehr say wide variety company include thomson reuters tri.to use h-1b visa program bring employees abroad trump tech tycoons talk overhaul h1b visa