Trump, citing pandemic, orders limits on foreign workers, extends immigration restrictions

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump issued an executive order Monday barring many categories of foreign workers and curbing immigration visas through the end of the year, moves the administration characterized as necessary to protect U.S. workers following steep job losses amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to White House officials.

The freeze will apply to work visas that many companies use, especially in the technology sector, landscaping services and the forestry industry. It excludes agricultural laborers and some health care workers and includes a special exemption for the approximately 20,000 child-care providers who come to the United States as “au pairs.”

Trump officials described the measures in a call with reporters on Monday, but the White House would not allow the officials to be quoted by name. The new restrictions, which Trump is expected to sign Monday afternoon, will prevent foreign workers from filling 525,000 jobs, according to White House estimates. Critics of the moves say the president is using the pandemic to carry out the kind of border closures and immigration overhaul he has long extolled, allowing him to tout the measures on the campaign trail.

The freeze will apply to H1-B, H4, and L visas, as well as most J and H2-B visas, the officials said. The administration also said it would issue new regulations denying work authorization to asylum seekers with pending claims for one year, arguing that thehumanitarian (sic) program is being exploited by economic migrants who file meritless claims.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-immigration-workers-coronavirus/2020/06/22/3b969e88-b489-11ea-9b0f-c797548c1154_story.html

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Full headline: Trump, citing pandemic, orders limits on foreign workers, extends immigration restrictions through December

[Jake Stern]

1. Not sad to see the H1-Bs being blocked

Widely abused by companies, especially tech companies, looking for cheap foreign workers and needs to be reformed or abolished.

[Dream Girl]

9. Maybe provide a decent education to Americans and we wouldn't need foreign tech workers.

This country warehouses black men in prison, if they had access to a decent education they could do the jobs we import foreign H1B workers

[Crowman2009]

2. With loopholes for Drumpf properties and his buddies.

[yaesu]

3. its smoke and mirrors, he's desperate. nt

[StClone]

4. Countries must limit American travel

Due to, and substantively because of, covid.

[relayerbob]

5. What pandemic? It's gone, just turned to ashes

That's what many people are saying

[Mr.Bill]

6. Excellent timing. (sarcasm)

Aside from tech workers, the harvest season is just around the corner, and immigrants, many illegal, harvest most of the food this country eats. Living in California, I've watched these folks work. They are absolute athletes. If working hard paid the most money, they would be the 1%.

They should all be fast tracked for citizenship.

[BamaRefugee]

7. I thought the pandemic was over and everyone is back to not only one job, but two, 16 hours a day

[Wellstone ruled]

8. You know those 20 million laid off workers

will take those Migrant Jobs don't you. This Bullshit has been spewed by the likes of Wilbur Ross and Larry Kudlow for decades. BTW,the latest puke,Peter Navarro has joined the same club.

You just can not fix Stupid.