Abbott's H-1B Teacher Ban Would Hit Texas's Most Latino Districts Hardest

The Whole H-1B Freeze Is One Email From a Guy Named Jerry

In November 2024, Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect the State of Texas from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) malicious espionage operations.” The official line was that they are going to “undermine the safety and security of Texas” by being so Chinese and being “hostile foreign actors” doing espionage. Obviously just fake reasoning, but whatever, cool, we all support it. So no …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ‘total ban’ of H-1B visa holders working in public schools: ‘Foreign influence of any kind has no place in our classrooms’

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called for a “total ban” on H-1B visa holders working in the state’s public schools, arguing that foreign influence has no place in Texas classrooms. Speaking at a news conference at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Abbott said he would push lawmakers to ban H-1B workers from public schools. “Exactly zero Texas public school employees should be here on H-1B visas,” Abbott told reporters. Abbott framed …

Abbott's H-1B Teacher Ban Would Hit Texas's Most Latino Districts Hardest

Abbott wants Texas lawmakers to bar H-1B visa holders from public schools, a plan that would hit Dallas, Houston and Alief ISD hardest.