On April 10, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Trump-backed budget resolution that sets the stage for tax cuts, increasing funding for defense and border security, and energy policies.
President Donald Trump announced that the recent passage of the House budget proposal, which Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) opposed, will lead to the "largest tax and regulation cuts ever even contemplated."
Employers based in the Vancouver Reporter publication area submitted 135 H-1B petitions during 2024, according to data provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services via the H-1B Employer Data Hub.