kenosha wis. president donald trump tuesday order review u.s. visa program bring high-skilled foreign workers country put technology firm outsource company serve notice possible change may ahead seek carry campaign pledge put america first trump sign executive order h-1b visa program vague many front change exist rule one objective say trump aid modify replace current lottery h-1b visa merit-based system would restrict visa highly skilled workers indian nationals large group h-1b recipients annually change could affect company tata consultancy service ltd cognizant tech solutions corp infosys ltd connect u.s. technology company thousands foreign engineer programmers none respond request comment trump announce order make remark visit headquarter snap-on inc tool maker wisconsin addition address visa issue also order review government procurement rule favor american company see actually benefit especially u.s. steel industry action send powerful signal world go defend workers protect job finally put america first trump say trump businessman elect president last year company criticize use visa program fill position trump properties foreign workers trump-branded products also make overseas 100-day benchmark near 100-day benchmark presidency trump still major legislative achievements attempt overhaul healthcare tax law stall congress trump lean heavily executive order change policy unclear whether late order would yield immediate result h-1b visa section include definite timeline government procurement section hope goal president trump executive order h-1b program mend end say robert atkinson president information technology innovation foundation technology industry group go merit-based h-1b system could attract people advance science technology skills atkinson say statement say ideas could make system ineffective require advertisement job open long periods prove unavailability u.s. workers democrats say trump order strong enough late thousands visa award month year lottery president pride swift action come immigration interagency review program guard timid approach little late say u.s. senator dick durbin no.2 democrat senate critics program say h-1b visa award lower-paid job outsource firm many base india take work away americans low wag keep americans train tech-related field say right widespread abuse immigration system allow american workers background replace workers bring countries trump say tech company brace trump make change h-1b program visa intend go foreign nationals occupations generally require specialize knowledge science engineer computer program government use lottery award 65,000 visa yearly randomly distribute another 20,000 graduate student workers critics say lottery benefit outsource firm flood system mass applications visa lower-paid information technology workers right h-1b visa award totally random lottery wrong instead give skilled high pay applicants never ever use replace americans trump say 15 percent facebook inc u.s. employees 2016 use temporary work visa accord reuters analysis u.s. labor department file facebook respond request comment infosys india service firm say previously ramp work on-site development center unite state train local talent effort address visa regulation change consideration warn last week onerous change u.s. visa rule could affect earn nasscom indian service industry main lobby group say back efforts root h-1b abuse say idea h-1b visa holders cheap labor inaccurate indian prime minister narendra modi urge washington february open mind admit skilled indian workers trump order review visa program encourage hire americans