Trump Freezes Green Cards, Many Work Visas Until End Of Year:
President Trump on Monday extended a freeze on green cards for new immigrants and signed an executive order to suspend new H-1B, L-1, J and other temporary work visas for skilled workers, managers and au pairs through the end of the year.
The goal of the move is to protect 525,000 jobs as part of the White House response to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, said a senior administration official, who spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity. NPR first reported the impending order on Saturday.
"Americans have been hurt through no fault of their own due to the coronavirus," the official said. "And the president is prioritizing getting them back into the labor supply and getting them to work and standing on their own two feet again."
[...] But other workers will also be affected, including foreign au pairs who provide child care. Professors and scholars are not to be included in the order, the official said. There will be a provision to request exemptions. The order is not expected to affect immigrants and visa holders already in the United States.
[...] The order did not apply to H-2A agriculture workers, who Trump says are necessary to ensure grocery store shelves remain stocked with fruits and vegetables. Health care workers involved in treating coronavirus patients will also be exempt.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @02:31AM (16 children)
As an IT worker that had his pay reduced of 20% because non-citizens work for cheaper, I applaud this! It's about time! H1Bs and all of the other pay suppressing programs need to be gotten rid of.
If the industry responds by outsourcing more to foreign countries, I hope they like the insecurity and get their asses sued for it.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @02:43AM (2 children)
Yes, I agree. Pay-suppressing programs need to go away. We should overthrow capitalism.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @06:59PM
Good plan, then we can all retire to a life of starvation instead.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @07:14PM
... Poe's Law man, Poe's Law.
(Score: 2) by legont on Wednesday June 24 2020, @02:46AM (8 children)
Note that L visas are frozen too. No more bloody British managers excaping Brexit.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:00AM (7 children)
Too bad, who will teach you writing in English now?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:08AM (4 children)
Comeon man, everyone knows that "excaping" means removing your cape.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 24 2020, @05:41AM (2 children)
Actually it doesn't.
The proper word for "removing one's cape" is decaping (not to be confused with decapping [wikipedia.org] or uncapping [wikipedia.org]).
Excaping means "putting a cape on one's ex"
(I'm compelled to bloody agree with the AC, having Poms as managers does wonders for English proficiency - small grin)
For the obvious-impaired, here you have it -> (large grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:44AM (1 child)
Where is the mod point for "+1, Pedant" ??
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @03:30AM
He used them all up. :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:05PM
> Comeon man, everyone knows that "excaping" means removing your max.
FTFY
(Score: 3, Informative) by legont on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:41PM
Forgive me, bro, but
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ex-caping [urbandictionary.com]
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:17PM
To be fair, if it were a British poster, it would have be euxucuaupuiunugu. Fucking Brits and their overuse of the letter u.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 24 2020, @06:23AM (1 child)
If you imagine they'll raise back your pay, you're daydreaming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Interesting) by legont on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:52PM
It gives a reasonable chance to switch jobs with a 30% raise though.
Let me tell you how hiring works in many cases nowadays as I once went through the process myself.
1. Try to find the resource to work offshore - 2 months.
2. If not available/refuses, try to bring the resource on H1 - 1 month (sometimes they offer up to 6 months "training" in the US)
3. If does not work, hire local for any money
Each step doubles to tipples the compensation.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @06:07PM (1 child)
if they outsource jobs, shoot their CEOs in the face.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:02AM
Not necessarily a bad idea.
It will certainly earn you three hots and a cot plus a roof over your head, and free clothes and healthcare for quite a few years.
YMMV.