H-1B Visas Would Not Be Extended Under Trump's Latest Proposal, Reports Say

[Swordsmyth]

Trump administration officials are examining whether they can come up with a new interpretation of the “may grant” language in the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act to block H-1B visa extensions. Thousands of immigrants, most of them Indian, currently can apply for H-1B visa extensions beyond the permitted two 3-year terms if they have green card applications in the system.

“The idea is to create a sort of ‘self-deportation’ of hundreds of thousands of Indian tech workers in the United States to open up those jobs for Americans,” a source who spoke with Homeland Security officials told McClatchy DC (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article192336839.html).
If the proposal passes, 500,000 to 750,000 Indian H-1B visa holders could be forced to leave the U.S., according to IndiaToday.in (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/donald-trump-administration-tough-h1b-visa-extension-self-deportation-indian-immigrants/1/1121875.html).

More at: http://www.newsweek.com/h1-b-visas-would-not-be-extended-under-trumps-latest-proposal-reports-say-769363

[timosman]

May scrum/agile go away as well. Only H1Bs can put up with this nonsense.

[enhanced_deficit]

Trump administration officials are examining whether they can come up with a new interpretation of the “may grant” language in the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act to block H-1B visa extensions. Thousands of immigrants, most of them Indian, currently can apply for H-1B visa extensions beyond the permitted two 3-year terms if they have green card applications in the system.

“The idea is to create a sort of ‘self-deportation’ of hundreds of thousands of Indian tech workers in the United States to open up those jobs for Americans,” a source who spoke with Homeland Security officials told McClatchy DC (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article192336839.html).
If the proposal passes, 500,000 to 750,000 Indian H-1B visa holders could be forced to leave the U.S., according to IndiaToday.in (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/donald-trump-administration-tough-h1b-visa-extension-self-deportation-indian-immigrants/1/1121875.html).

More at: http://www.newsweek.com/h1-b-visas-would-not-be-extended-under-trumps-latest-proposal-reports-say-769363



Probably just coincidence that suddenly news like these are splashing on google news front pages today and probably will not be used as "ammo" by team Trump to push his new policy.



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Indian national accused of sex assault on US flight (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42578844)
BBC News 1h ago
Mr Ramamoorthy, an Indian citizen living in the US on a temporary visa, was sitting in the middle seat, with his wife on the aisle side and the alleged victim in the window seat.
The flight was on Spirit Airlines, travelling overnight and arriving in Detroit on Wednesday morning from Las Vegas.



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[specsaregood]

May scrum/agile go away as well. Only H1Bs can put up with this nonsense.

I think people with severe cases of unmedicated ADHD and the inability to focus and be productive tend to like it though.

[timosman]

I think people with severe cases of unmedicated ADHD and the inability to focus and be productive tend to like it though.

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[Swordsmyth]

Under intense pressure from the business and technology communities, the Trump administration appears to be backing away from a policy change that could have forced foreign tech workers out of the country.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of the Department of Homeland Security, on Monday said it was still conducting a thorough review of worker visa programs. But after McClatchy reported over New Year’s weekend that the agency was weighing a specific policy shift that would prevent foreign tech industry workers from keeping their visas longer than six years, the agency reversed course on that proposal.
“The agency is considering a number of policy and regulatory changes to carry out the President’s Buy American, Hire American Executive Order, including a thorough review of employment based visa programs,” Jonathan Withington, chief of media relations for USCIS, said Monday.
“What we can say, however, is that USCIS is not considering a regulatory change that would force H-1B visa holders to leave the United States by changing our interpretation of section 104(c) of AC-21, which provides for H-1B extensions beyond the 6 year limit,” the agency told McClatchy. “Even if it were, such a change would not likely result in these H-1B visa holders having to leave the United States because employers could request extensions in one-year increments under section 106(a)-(b) of AC21 instead.”
Withington said that USCIS was never considering such a policy change and that “any suggestion that USCIS changed its position because of pressure is absolutely false.”
But multiple sources with direct knowledge of the conversations inside the department said that was not true, and that the administration had shifted over the last two weeks in response to the swift and harsh reaction from the business community.

More at: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article193665104.html

[timosman]

Pressure from Tulsi Gabbard?

[Zippyjuan]

Will Trump also restrict H2B visas? Hire more Americans!

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-mar-a-lago-visas-foreign-workers_us_59fcde72e4b0c9652fff66ab

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Obtains Visas For 70 Foreign Workers

Cooks, maids and waiters at the president’s golf resort won’t be “made in America.”

President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has been granted 70 visas to bring in foreign workers for the winter season, The Palm Beach Post reports.

That’s a 9 percent increase from last year, when Mar-a-Lago hired 64 workers under the H-2B visa program.

The new visas will go to 20 foreign cooks, 35 waiters and 15 maids and housekeepers for the 2017-18 tourist season, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. They’ll earn hourly wages from $10.33 (for the cleaners) to $13.34 (for the cooks). The temporary visas allow them to work from October 2017 to the end of May 2018.

A hallmark of Trump’s presidential campaign and a stated push of his administration is that U.S. companies should hire American workers. He has criticized Ford Motor Company, Carrier Corp. and others for moving manufacturing jobs to Mexico. Mar-a-Lago was applying for the foreign worker visas this July when the president launched “Made in America Week.”

Trump said at the time, “We believe jobs must be offered to American workers first. Does that make sense?”

Over the years, many products sold by the Trump Organization have also been made in overseas factories. Ivanka Trump’s clothing line is exclusively manufactured abroad.

Foreign workers won’t just be laboring at Mar-a-Lago this winter. Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, was granted visas for 10 waiters and six cooks, and Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York, obtained visas to bring in eight waiters.

[timosman]

Will Trump also restrict H2B visas? Hire more Americans!

Will Zippy ever make a relevant comment? Is Zippy human?:cool:

[Zippyjuan]

Will Zippy ever make a relevant comment? Is Zippy human?:cool:

Thank you for your informative contribution to the discussion.

[timosman]

Thank you for your informative contribution to the discussion.

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[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Thank you for your informative contribution to the discussion.


No, THANK YOU for your informative contributions to the forum for 10 years!

[enhanced_deficit]

Head in news today suggesting he was reversing his position on this?

[timosman]

Head in news today suggesting he was reversing his position on this?

Yeah, the heads of the crime families put pressure on him. He did not have a choice.:cool:

[Zippyjuan]

The Deciderer in Chief has decided to change his mind again.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article193665104.html

[oyarde]

Will Trump also restrict H2B visas? Hire more Americans!

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-mar-a-lago-visas-foreign-workers_us_59fcde72e4b0c9652fff66ab

At this point , I have yet to see anyone make a valid case for needing any of these .

[Swordsmyth]

The Deciderer in Chief has decided to change his mind again.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article193665104.html

Old news: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?518194-H-1B-Visas-Would-Not-Be-Extended-Under-Trump-s-Latest-Proposal-Reports-Say&p=6572263&viewfull=1#post6572263

Don't you even read the threads you post in?

[enhanced_deficit]

Yeah, the heads of the crime families put pressure on him. He did not have a choice.:cool:

Perhaps his recent apparent reversals and his humiliation of GOP base darling Steve Bannon is starting to have some impact on the base. Author of "In Trump We Trust" is turning on him:


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Trump’s immigration meeting was lowest day of presidency: Ann Coulter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHzUOLOC5eQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHzUOLOC5eQ



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2 days ago - WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday appeared open to negotiating a sweeping immigration deal that would eventually grant millions of undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, declaring that he was willing to “take the heat” politically for an approach that seemed to flatly contradict the ...

[enhanced_deficit]

Conservative Right turning on Trump? This is on frontpage of google news now:

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Breitbart labels Trump 'Amnesty Don' over DACA plans (http://thehill.com/homenews/media/370633-breitbart-labels-trump-amnesty-don-over-daca-plans)
The Hill 18m ago