Trump bars H1B visa
holders
from federal jobs
‘Will not tolerate firing of Americans for cheap foreign labour’
President Donald Trump has
signed an executive order
preventing federal agencies
from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers —
mainly those on H1B visas.
The move comes over a
month after the Trump administration on June 23 suspended the H1B visas, along
with other types of foreign
work visas, until the end of
2020 to protect American
workers in a crucial election
year. The new restrictions
took effect from June 24.
Mr. Trump’s order follows
an announcement by the
federallyowned Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA) that it
would outsource 20% of its
technology jobs to companies based in foreign countries.
Speaking to reporters after signing the order on
Monday, Mr. Trump said
TVA’s action could cause
more than 200 highlyskilled
American tech workers in
Tennessee to lose their jobs
to lowwage, foreign workers
hired on temporary work visas. He said his administration will not tolerate firing of
hardworking Americans in
pursuit of cheap foreign labour.
Outsourcing hundreds of
workers is especially detrimental in the middle of a
pandemic, which has already cost millions of Americans their jobs, the White
House said in a statement.
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