Report: Trump Considers Extending Halt on Foreign Visa Worker Programs
30 Dec 2020
President Trump is considering extending an executive order that has reduced foreign labor market competition against Americans while the United States faces a mass unemployment crisis as a result of local and statewide economic lockdowns.
Two sources who spoke to NPR on Wednesday said Trump is considering an extension to his June executive order that prioritized jobless Americans for U.S. jobs rather than foreign workers on visas.
The order halted H-1B visas, H-4 visas, H-2B visas, L visas, and J-1 visas to shore up scarce jobs for at least 17.8 million Americans who remain jobless and millions more who are underemployed. The order is set to expire at the end of the year.
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In June, President Trump halted various temporary work visas, including H-1B, L-1 and certain J-1 visas. Advocates for an extension say it would tie the hands of President-elect Joe Biden.
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The deadline to extend a controversial executive order suspending several temporary US work visas is fast approaching for President Trump. The outgoing US President, who ordered the temporary suspension of US work visas amid the coronavirus, is under pressure from certain anti-immigration groups to extend the ban into 2021.
Should Trump extend the ban, it will put pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to quickly overturn the suspension. According to sources monitoring the situation, the Trump camp is said to be divided over whether the President should enforce an extension.
In June, Trump signed an executive order halting the processing of new applications for H1B visas, H2B visas, H4 visas, L1 visas and certain J1 visas. The current suspension is set to end on 31 December 2020, giving Trump just days to extend it or let it lapse.