Anonymous ID: 55dcd9 Aug. 3, 2020, 10:03 a.m. No.10170049   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0082 >>0177 >>0336 >>0470 >>0524

Trump signs order banning federal agencies from firing U.S. citizens to replace them with foreigners

The order challenges federal contractors’ use of H-1B visas to bring in temporary foreign labor for high-skilled jobs rather than relying on American workers

 

esident Trump on Monday at the White House signed an executive order banning federal agencies – with particular attention on the technology sector – from firing U.S. citizens or green card holders only to replace them with foreigners.

 

The order, which the White House is calling the Executive Order on Hiring American, challenges federal contractors’ use of H-1B visas to bring in temporary foreign labor for high-skilled jobs rather than relying on American workers

 

"This Executive Order follows his Buy American, Hire American Executive Order from April 2017 and takes further action to prevent Americans from being displaced by foreign workers," the White House said in a statement released Monday. "Under President Trump’s leadership, the firing of hardworking Americans in the pursuit of cheap foreign labor will not be tolerated."

 

Trump's action was in part to prevent the outsourcing of jobs at the Tennessee Valley Authority, the federally owned created by congressional charter in 1933 to provide electricity, economic development and other essentially services to the region.

 

In June, Trump also signed an executive order extending foreign-worker restrictions through December 31, citing the high unemployment rate among Americans. That order prohibited visas for most guest workers who come to the U.S. for temporary or seasonal work but exempts farm workers and some within the food service industry.

 

In April, Trump issued an executive order temporarily suspending immigration due to coronavirus, saying it would be 60-day pause and impact only those seeking permanent residency, also known as a green card, not temporary employment.

 

In July, the Trump administration rescinded a policy decision that would have revoked visas to international students who college classes have moved to online exclusively the coronavirus pandemic.

 

The policy change follows a lawsuit Monday by 17 states and the District of Columbia challenging the policy change. The suit was originally filed by several colleges including Harvard and MIT.

 

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