Posted on 05/24/2020 2:20:13 PM PDT by NobleFree
President Donald Trump is expected to shrink a huge work permit program that quietly allows companies to hire foreign employees for the jobs needed by U.S. graduates in the coronavirus crash, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“The coming temporary restrictions, the officials say, are designed to help American graduates looking for entry-level work during the pandemic-fueled economic downturn,” said the March 23 article.
They are expected to come in a package of new immigration restrictions President Trump has said he would issue in an executive order, likely in the next few weeks, though they are still subject to White House review.
…Mr. Trump’s immigration advisers haven’t settled on precisely how to curtail the program, with proposals ranging from a yearlong suspension with limited exceptions, such as for graduates looking to work in the medical field, or a narrower ban targeting certain industries.
The policy shift comes as grassroots pressure groups — including a new coalition of GOP student groups — press Trump to follow through on his Inauguration Day “Hire American” promise.
Trump’s failure to push back against the visa worker programs has disappointed many of the college graduates and professionals who voted for Trump in 2016 — especially because so many are losing jobs in the coronavirus crash. […]
The OPT program keeps roughly 500,000 foreign workers in the U.S. labor market each year. The number includes at least 119,000 technology workers, including 70,000 Indian and 26,000 Chinese.
Still, the resident population of legal OPT employees is smaller than the H-1B program, which keeps roughly 750,000 foreign employees in a wide variety of white-collar jobs throughout the United States. The WSJ article does not mention draft changes to the H-1B program. […]
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AMERICA FIRST. Americans are less likely to steal trade secrets, at least the Republican ones. :)
Why is president Trump after now 3.5 years letting known spies operate in our corporations and simultaneously deprive an American from gainful employment?
The government can tell a barber he can't work but preventing corporations from hiring Enemy spies - nope too intrusive. Oh we can't find qualified people here more BS.
Its phony as hell and everyone knows it.
Damned right!! Our REAL American students and grads deserve the main shot at our jobs and future.
Should have been done at least 3 years back.
So soon? But these companies will have to pay taxes for these positions. I find this most unlikely, because wall street will punish him. Voters clealy haven’t cared thus far.
Excellent news.
He needs to VASTLY shrink the number of H1Bs also.
Its a start.
Time to savagely prune back the H1b program next.
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