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10 ECONOMY Trump’s News
Business Leaks Donald Trump's
Sweeping Visa Reform Job Plan
by NEIL MUNRO | Breitbart
The information was said Siskind. It will also order cheap labor program, and States, including many
leaked because opponents new regulations to limit the institute an absolute Fortune 500 companies.
w a n t C o n g r e s s a n d use of foreign workers who r e q u i r e m e n t t o h i r e The little-known multi-year
companies to launch a last- are imported via the H-1B American workers first for L - 1 p r o g r a m k e e p s
minute campaign against and Occupational Practical every visa and immigration hundreds of thousands of
the draft Executive Order, Training (OPT) programs, program,” he said in March foreign workers in a wide
said Greg Siskind, an he said. 2016. “No exceptions.” He mix of white-collar and blue-
immigration lawyer based in followed up on Inauguration collar jobs, ranging from gas
Memphis, TN. The policy will allow Day by promising a “Hire stations to Google, usually
American voters to choose American” economic policy. on home-country salaries.
“What we are told is that in November if they want to For example, India's L-1
Trump is planning on keep the curbs, Siskind said. Numerous polls show that workers can be paid a little
making a decision, a final Americans want to like legal over the U.S. minimum
decision, on the scope of “In 147 days, there's an immigrants. But those polls wage, even if they are
this proclamation by June election, and if [Joe] Biden also show most Americans engineers.
11,” he said in a Facebook gets elected, I can promise strongly prefer that every
chat. “That's two days from you that the order would be American has a job before The order is being
now.” — probably on the first day the government invites more opposed by the White
— be rescinded,” Siskind legal immigrants, especially House advisers who support
The pending Executive said. amid the coronavirus crash. business groups.
Order will temporarily bar
the inflow of H-1B, L-1s, and But Trump used the same The H-1B program keeps
H-2B seasonal manual issue to help win the 2016 at east 600,000 foreign end on page 11
w o r k e r s , p l u s s o m e election. “I will end forever workers in white-collar jobs
categories of J-1 workers, the use of the H-1B as a throughout the United
