Texas wants to ban H-1Bs in public schools, Guv says there should be no foreign indoctrination in the classrooms

Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants to ban H-1B hiring in Texas public schools to curb Chinese and Islamic influence on students. In January, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered a freeze on H-1B hiring by public institutions of higher education in the state. Seven months later, the governor said no public schools in the state should have this foreign influence either. He said Texas lawmakers should ban foreign funding in public schools and prohibit districts from employing workers through the federal H-1B visa program.“The minds of our students are driven by influences that they are exposed to in our public schools,” said Abbott. “Those minds should be shaped by policies that are approved by state lawmakers.”Islamic and Chinese infuence on Texas schoolsWhile all discussion on the H-1B visa program inevitably comes to Indian tech workers, the visa program brings educators from other countries as well. And this time, Abbott's target is the Islamic and Chinese influence in schools.Austin Independent School District accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from Qatar to support Arabic language and culture instruction. Some school districts participated in Confucius Classroom programs affi...