The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) set out plans Friday to increase wage requirements for jobs attached to H-1B visas and any green card applications linked to them. In a Federal Register filing, the DOL said its new rules would adjust the prevailing wage rules which apply to H-1Bs and EB-2 and EB-3 green cards to bring them more in line with similar salaries paid to U.S.-born workers. Work-based visas , particularly the H-1B, have been a point of contention among lawmakers and immigration