An executive order signed by President Trump in April restricting guest worker visas at the beginning of the pandemic is set to expire Thursday.
Immigration hawks are urging him to keep that from happening.
Per Fox News:
Trump first signed an order in April that restricted some green cards, and then expanded it in June to include a number of guest-worker programs — including new H-1B tech worker visas, H-2B seasonal worker visas, certain J work and education exchange visitor visas and L executive transfer visas. It contained exemptions for military and health care workers, and cases deemed in the national interest.
While Trump imposed separate travel restrictions to protect public health, this was done specifically to protect the job market amid coronavirus. The administration estimated that the order would affect around 600,000 jobs.
“There are an unprecedented number of Americans who are out of work, but we are also expecting to see an unprecedented growth in our economy,” a senior administration official told Fox News in June.
“In order to ensure that we are hiring Americans first, we are putting a pause on certain non-immigrant visas into the United States,” the official added, “again for the purpose of ensuring that Americans can get jobs here in the U.S.”
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