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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday June 24 2020, @02:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-yellow-cards dept.

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.

Also at CNET, NYTimes, WSJ


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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:00AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:00AM (#1011836)

    No more bloody British managers excaping Brexit.

    Too bad, who will teach you writing in English now?

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:08AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:08AM (#1011840)

    Comeon man, everyone knows that "excaping" means removing your cape.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 24 2020, @05:41AM (2 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 24 2020, @05:41AM (#1011878) Journal

      Comeon man, everyone knows that "excaping" means removing your cape.

      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)

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      • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:44AM (1 child)

        by Reziac (2489) on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:44AM (#1012296) Homepage

        Where is the mod point for "+1, Pedant" ??

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @03:30AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @03:30AM (#1022251)

          He used them all up. :)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:05PM (#1011988)

      > Comeon man, everyone knows that "excaping" means removing your max.

      FTFY

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by legont on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:41PM

    by legont (4179) on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:41PM (#1011945)

    Forgive me, bro, but

    Describing when a person who has recently broke a relationship off is avoiding their ex to escape awkwardness between the two.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ex-caping [urbandictionary.com]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:17PM (#1011995)

    To be fair, if it were a British poster, it would have be euxucuaupuiunugu. Fucking Brits and their overuse of the letter u.