It seems that President-Elect Barack Obama supports the H-1B visa program, and wants to make changes to green cards that would help tech firms.

The speculation could revive a 2007 U.S. Senate bill that would have increased the current 85,000 cap, which includes 20,000 visas set aside for graduates to advanced degrees. If the bill was to have passed, it would of increased the number of H-1B visas to 180,000, as well as additional visas for advanced degree graduates.

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