The number of H-1B applications for the next fiscal year dipped for the second year in a row — a trend experts say could be influenced by the current administration’s “America First” rhetoric and a rise in scrutiny on companies’ petitions. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency said Thursday that it received 190,098 H-1B applications for the next fiscal year, a four percent drop from 2017, when 199,000 applications were filed.