Donald Trump has decided to “reform” the H-1B visa system and move towards immigration based on merit.
Washington:
Key U.S. lawmakers have urged U.S. President Donald Trump to revoke the temporary suspension of the H-1B visa and other non-immigrant visas.
“I am deeply disappointed with President Trump’s mistaken order to suspend these major work visa programs. I urge him to reverse this decision to ensure that our health care system and our economy as a whole are ready to fight the next phase of the pandemic (coronavirus) and create the jobs we need for our economic recovery, “said Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the Indo-American Congress.
The H-1B program in particular plays a crucial role in addressing the dangerous shortage of health professionals while providing other key sectors of our economy with talent from around the world not only to provide jobs, but to create new ones. new, he said.
“The suspension of this program will only weaken our economy and our health workforce at a time when the need to strengthen the two is clearer than ever,” said Mr. Krishnamoorthi.
This is not the right approach, said Democratic Senator Whip Dick Durbin and congressmen Bill Pascrell and Ro Khanna after Donald Trump’s decision to ban H-1B and other work visas until the end of the year.
“We must fix the H-1B program, not end it. Instead of suspending H-1B visas, the Donald Trump administration should ask Congress to pass reform law H-1B and L-1 2020 visas, which reform the H Program -1B with a scalpel, not a hammer, “said the top three US lawmakers.
They introduced bipartisan legislation that they believe would protect American workers and end the abuse of the H-1B program to outsource American jobs and exploit workers, while ensuring that employers could always hire talented immigrant workers. when no qualified American is available to do the job.
MP Donna E Shalala alleged that Donald Trump is now attacking American businesses – and jeopardizing the economic recovery – in the service of xenophobia. “America will be poorer and less competitive because of this,” she said.
“This decree is another example of President Donald Trump using the coronavirus pandemic to advance a hateful and extreme anti-immigrant program,” said MP Chellie Pingree.
“There is no question that employers should hire unemployed Americans as much as possible, but Maine businesses have repeatedly stated that they need H-2B, D-1, L- visa holders 1 to operate and continue to reopen … This ban will make our economic recovery more difficult, “she said.
