Suspension of Work Visas Will Have An Effect On More Than 5 Lakh IT Professionals In US: Report!

US President Donald Trump suspended work visas till the end of this year. This temporary suspension of foreign work visas which includes H-1B and L1, is expected to free up to 5,25,000 jobs in the US. 

"The sum total of what these actions will do in terms of freeing up jobs over the course of the rest of 2020 is about 5,25,000 jobs. Quite a significant number, where President Trump is focusing on getting Americans back to work as quickly as possible after we've suffered this hit to our economy based on the coronavirus and the harm it's done," a senior administration official stated after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation. 

In a proclamation of Trump, the suspended work visas included H-1B, H-4 for some H-1B spouses, H-2B for low skill workers, some categories of J visas for cultural and education workers and L-1 for intra-company transfers. 

"The H-1B is the high-tech visa. H-4 is the spouses of certain other visa holders, including H-1B and H-2B. H-2B is a bit of a low-skill catchall. The only ones that'll come in under the H-2B will be those in the foodservice industry, which is less than 15 per cent of all H-2Bs. Then, almost all working J visas will be excluded, and then all L visas. Ls are intra-company transfers from, say, company X, their facility in Germany to their facility in Michigan," the official further said.

As per New York Times report, Trump has directed his officials in the Department of Homeland Security to eliminate work permits of those who have final orders of removal or are deportable. 

The White House asserted that American people stand by Trump as he takes commonsense action to preserve jobs for American citizens.