President Trump is set to sign an executive order that will bar the entry of immigrant workers on a slate of employment-based visas including the H-1B for high-skilled workers till the end of the calendar year
President Trump is set to sign an executive order on Monday that will bar the entry of immigrant workers on a slate of employment-based visas including the H-1B for high-skilled workers till the end of the calendar year, senior administration officials said, claiming that the move will reallocate about 500,000 jobs to out-of-work Americans....
The new restrictions are expected to prevent about 525,000 workers from entering the country between now and the end of the year, including 170,000 Green Card holders who have been barred from coming to the US since April. The order, however, will grant exemptions for health-care workers focused on treating and researching Covid-19, and also broadly exempts workers in food and agriculture industries along with au pairs, the
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