India, Aug. 27 -- United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the country is looking to change the green card and H1-B visa system, altering significant parts of the current immigration program in place.

"I'm involved in changing the H1-B program. We're going to change that program," Lutnick said in an interview to Fox News, while calling the visa system "terrible".

Lutnick further said that the Donald Trump-led administration would also make changes to the green card. "We give green cards. The average American makes $75,000 a year, and the average green card recipient $66,000. So we're taking the bottom quartile. Why are we doing that?" Lutnick questioned.

He further cited the above reason for the changes being brought t...