WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump announces new Workers Visa Policy,Pakistanis too impacted by new decision.
US President Donald Trumplinkhassuspended visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020.
As per the policy, high-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonalhelpers, au pairs, and top executives will be targeted.
The White House said the decision has been taken to create jobs forAmericans who face financial crises due to coronavirus pandemic.
The administration said in a briefing that around 525,000 people will beaffected by this program. This will include 170,000 people blocked by themeasure to extend a ban on some new green cards. The White House had firstannounced that it was stopping those visas in April, an order that islikely to expire on Monday.
People already having existing visas are expected to be exempted from thenew decision.
A senior official said that the objective is to get “the best and thebrightest” and “the most value for our economy”.
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Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies,said, “This is a bold move by the Trump administration to protect Americanjobs.”
However, the American Civil Liberties Union said: “It’s the exploitation ofa pandemic to reshape immigration law while superseding Congress.”
Several businessmen also opposed the new decision.
The Chamber of Commerce wrote in a letter, “As the economy rebounds,American businesses will need assurances that they can meet all theirworkforce needs,”
“To that end, it is crucial that they have access to talent bothdomestically and from around the world.”
