What Happened to U.S. Plans to Raise the H-1B Visa Ceiling?

A long-anticipated increase in the number of H-1B visas issued to work in the United States has been delayed indefinitely, experts said, as the debate about immigration has turned toxic in Washington.
United States President Barack Obama said last week that he would put off executive action on immigration until after the midterm elections. Earlier he had said he would act to revamp the immigration system by the end of the summer. Now, White House officials say the president will act by the end of the year.
The executive action had been widely expected to ratchet back deportations and possibly offer work permits to people in the U.S. illegally. It might have also included administrative changes pushed by companies that would produce more legal visas for people seeking to work in the U.S. Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/09/12/what-happened-to-u-s-plans-to-raise-the-h-1b-work-visa-ceiling/