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Many of the people in the U.S. illegally actually came legally on a temporary visa, but then never went home. What authorities are doing to combat high…

There are significant changes to the H-1B visa program. The Trump administration is replacing the random lottery system with a process that will prioritize visas for higher-skilled and higher-paid individuals. There is an intensifying crackdown by the Trump administration on H-1B visas. Critics say the changes could hurt universities, hospitals, startups, and tech employers that rely on foreign talent.

After we introduced a name for that annoying email practice of strategically cc-ing a manager to gain an upper hand, you responded with an avalanche of email. Here's a sample of your thoughts.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Clinton has taken the extraordinary step of barring the president of Colombia from traveling to the United States. The State Department said today that Mr. Clinton revoked President Ernesto Samper's (sam-PAIR) visa because the Colombian took money from drug traffickers and in exchange, pursued policies on their behalf. The State Department spokesman said the US will continue to work with Colombia's government in fighting drugs. Colombia is the source of most of the cocaine and much of the heroin consumed in the U-S.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that the United States has notified executives of a foreign company that because their firm deals in property in Cuba confiscated from Americans, they and their families will not be allowed into the U-S. The move was taken under the so-called "Helms-Burton Law," which tries to keep foreign investment out of Cuba. The firm targeted today was not named, although the State Department has warned Canadian, Italian and Mexican companies that they might face sanctions. Helms-Burton also allows Americans to sue foreign firms which do business on confiscated property in Cuba.

The Atlantic Coast Conference decided to pull many post-season tournaments out of North Carolina this season due to a controversial state law. This move follows the NCAA decision to remove college championship games out of the state.

Can online comments be redeemed? That conversation, plus highlights from our tech coverage on-air and online, are in our latest week in review.

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John Burnett reports on the debate over liberalizing US immigration policy along the Mexico border to allow guest worker visas.