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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @02:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @02:10AM (#1012260)

    I used to work for a small company where the owner did exploit people on the H-1 B Visas. There was this one very qualified person from another country that had her Master's in Accounting with many years of experience, English was like her fifth language and within a couple months she spoke it insanely well (better than many natives I would say), and pretty much everyone agreed she was by far the most intelligent person among us (I, for one, speak two other languages fluidly but not proficiently). She was intelligent in many many subjects. But she pretty much got paid minimum wage, worked long hours, no benefits, and didn't get paid overtime rates when she worked overtime (well, he didn't pay anyone overtime rates when they worked overtime).

    She eventually ended up going back to her own country (slightly after I left the company) and probably went back to the accounting firm she used to work for before coming to the U.S on the visa. The owner just got someone else from another country to abuse after and the cycle repeats itself over and over. Most everyone just goes back to their own country though at least one person did manage to eventually get his green card(?) after many years of being in the states (prior to me working for the company) and ended up leaving the company, going to school, and doing Lyft full time until he eventually got a better job (I'm sure he still goes to school as well but I haven't really kept up with him). He was on his way out of the company just as I was starting. The owner quite literally yelled at this person very loudly for doing basically nothing wrong at times. I suppose this person figured Lyft was better than working for my prior employer and left the company to do Lyft as soon as he was legally able to work in the U.S.