Biden expected to end Trump ban on temporary foreign workers

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks prior to signing the "Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Extension Act of 2021" into law in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

By Ted Hesson and Steve Holland

 

 

 

(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to allow a proclamation from his Republican predecessor that had blocked many temporary foreign workers from coming into the United States to expire on Wednesday, according to three people familiar with the matter.

 

The Democratic president has rolled back many of former President Donald Trump's immigration policies since taking office on Jan. 20 including last month revoking a proclamation that had blocked many applicants for permanent residency - known as a green card - from entering the United States.

 

Trump first issued his directive on temporary foreign workers in June 2020 and renewed it through March 31 before leaving office, portraying it as necessary to protect American workers amid high unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

U.S. jobless claims dropped to a one-year low in mid-March as the public health situation improved and temperatures warmed. Still, a Labor Department report last week showed a large number of Americans - nearly 19 million - were still receiving unemployment checks.

 

Major U.S. business associations, including the National Association of Manufacturers and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, sued in July to try to overturn Trump's temporary worker ban. A California-based federal judge in October blocked the policy as it applied to hundreds of thousands of U.S. businesses with membership in the associations that had sued.

 

The judge found Trump's policy would cause "irreparable harm" to the businesses by interfering with their operations and leading them to lay off employees and close open positions.

 

Bloomberg News first reported Biden's plan to allow the foreign worker ban to expire.

 

Among those affected by the restrictions are skilled foreign workers on so-called H-1B visas that let U.S. employers temporarily hire foreign employees in specialty occupations. Companies that provide outsourcing services typically make up the bulk of the H-1B program's top users.

 

(Reporting by Ted Hesson and Steve Holland in Washington; Additional reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese and Michael Perry)

 

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Trump was very against immigrant labour except those he employed at his various businesses 

 

trump's policy was rejected by US business owners as it interfered with the flow of skilled workers with visas. trump's prior policy was red meat stuff actually disrupting business; nothing related to low paid, unskilled  illegal immigrants. Thankfully US now has a President who applies pragmatic common sense, rather than decision making for consumption by his white grievance orientated base. From the OP>>>

 

The judge found Trump's policy would cause "irreparable harm" to the businesses by interfering with their operations and leading them to lay off employees and close open positions.

An off topic post has been removed topic is about  Biden expected to end Trump ban on temporary foreign workers

 

Not about what happens in UK

 

Silicon Valley where  lived for 50 years was the entrepreneurial  capital of America. Many talented immigrants were a major factor. California is the sixth largest economy in the WORLD. Yes, the pickers did the work no on else would do, including the crappy laborers for cheap. Trumps plan is appealing to those left out in hopes of using immigrants as the escape goat on why lazy people and those uneducated who never get ahead.

absolutely stupid to let all the people come into the country and taking away the jobs from americans because they will work for a lot Less . 

 The business people are so greedy they Will support JB. 

 He will stuff it up for the Americans , as this has been said Before. 

But the people are so stupid they can't see what he's doing.

4 hours ago, digger70 said:

absolutely stupid to let all the people come into the country and taking away the jobs from americans because they will work for a lot Less . 

 The business people are so greedy they Will support JB. 

 He will stuff it up for the Americans , as this has been said Before. 

But the people are so stupid they can't see what he's doing.

Ignorance is bliss.

4 hours ago, digger70 said:

absolutely stupid to let all the people come into the country and taking away the jobs from americans because they will work for a lot Less . 

 The business people are so greedy they Will support JB. 

 He will stuff it up for the Americans , as this has been said Before. 

But the people are so stupid they can't see what he's doing.

If a guy with little or no education, little or no English language, little or no connections within business or society takes your job, well OK blame him.

I think American industry invites, and wants illegal immigrants to work for them (surprise, surprise).

 

I think it is ridiculous to talk about illegal immigration if you are incapable or unwilling to discuss reform of the legal immigration system, which is dysfunctional and completely broken. Nobody touches that one.

 

The work visa system is totally broken in the US. The quotas are badly outdated. We need the best and the brightest. You incentivize them, you don't discourage them. That is the opposite of making America great. Because otherwise, we become a nation of dishwashers, meat packers, and landscapers. 

 

Alot of the ranting about the crisis on the southern border is no doubt exaggerated. There is a problem., for sure. But is it much, much worse now, than last year? 

 

Nationalism and fake patriotism is rampant today. It is used by various interests to maintain a sense of control, for working up the base, to promote division, and a sense of "the others". As we can see, it is being employed to this day. I will not go into my feelings about it, as it would likely be censored in some fashion, so I will leave it at that. 

 

This is going to drive down salaries for skilled American workers.  Full stop.  For some, that's great.  And they contribute massively to political campaigns.  For the skilled American workers, many saddled with huge student loans, not so much.  Competing with workers who come from countries where the average salary is 1/10 what it is in the USA.

 

Edit:  And that's before considering the National Security and competitiveness implications of having nationals from nefarious countries with access to American company data, research, tech, customer lists, and other secrets.

 

It is too much like common sense for the Trump lovers and Biden haters to understand. They seem to think that every immigrant will walk in and take over a skilled job that Americans are doing now.

The topic here, as the OP recounts, is about the U.S. government's official, legal entry rules for skilled foreign workers on so-called H-1B visas that let U.S. employers temporarily hire them in specialty occupations.

 

Thus posts commenting on undocumented immigration at the Mexico border have been removed as off-topic.

 

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

It is too much like common sense for the Trump lovers and Biden haters to understand. They seem to think that every immigrant will walk in and take over a skilled job that Americans are doing now.

 

Every job taken by an H1-B visa holder is a job that could have gone to an American, if only they were willing to pay the prevailing wage.  It's tempting to believe they're importing the best and the brightest, but the reality is that most of them are just ordinary cogs in a wheel, that are willing to work for lower wages.  For every dotcom billionaire they hold out as a success story, there's hundreds (thousands?) of ordinary Americans whose salaries are depressed, if they can find a job at all.

 

It has nothing to do with loving Biden and hating Trump, or vice versa.

 

Good!its a great way to attract the best and brightest the world has to offer imo it will help advance America’s standing in this competitive world we live in

6 minutes ago, Tug said:

Good!its a great way to attract the best and brightest the world has to offer imo it will help advance America’s standing in this competitive world we live in

I agree totally. We talk about American innovation. But the Brain Drain, is part of what has made America great, 

"55% Of America's Billion-Dollar Startups Have An Immigrant Founder "

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2018/10/25/55-of-americas-billion-dollar-startups-have-immigrant-founder/?sh=bd0d2d048ee8

On 3/31/2021 at 12:43 AM, pegman said:

Trump was very against immigrant labour except those he employed at his various businesses 

*and had to be sued to pay them

Trump was very radical about immigrants, but I think he was a better president in general.