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Trump Freezes Green Cards, Many Work Visas Until End of Year

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

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

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: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday June 24 2020, @04:08PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) on Wednesday June 24 2020, @04:08PM (#1012024) Journal

    Finally, that AC who is always bitching about there being no IT jobs . . .

    Wait !?! . . . so, um, you're suggesting there is more than one AC ?

    I thought there was only one, but with multiple personality disorder. Is there evidence to discredit my theory in favor of there being multiple actual ACs? And different IP addresses don't count.

    Get a nym. Sometimes they are even offered at a fraction of their normal cost. If you have something to say, use a nym. It doesn't have to represent your real identity.

    It's just that one AC talking about another AC seems to cross some kind of line. Like an AC replying saying they are not "the original AC" or "the other AC".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:09AM (#1012301)

    It's just that one AC talking about another AC seems to cross some kind of line. Like an AC replying saying they are not "the original AC" or "the other AC".

    Don't go all Ray's Pizza [wikipedia.org] on us, DannyB.