US Prez Donald Trump bans hiring H1-B visa holders for federal contracts

Washington DC, Aug 4: To prevent Americans from being displaced by foreign workers and offshore labor using federal dollars, US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order banning federal agencies from hiring H1-B visa holders for federal contracts.

 

 

 

"Today I am signing an executive order to ensure that the federal government lives by a very simple rule, higher American," Trump said in before signing the order against hiring H1B visa holders for federal contracts.

 

 

President Trump asserted that he believes jobs must be offered to American workers first adding that And he will not tolerate the sacking of American workers in the pursuit of cheap foreign labor. "As we speak, we're finalising the H-1B regulation so that no American workers be replaced ever again. H-1B should be used for top highly paid talent to create American jobs, not as inexpensive labor programs and destroy American jobs,” he said.

 

The Executive Order will require all Federal agencies to complete an internal audit and assess whether they are in compliance with the requirement that only United States citizens and nationals are appointed to the competitive service. The new executive order combats the misuse of H-1B visas, which too often have been exploited to replace qualified U.S. workers with lower-cost foreign ones.

 

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. Trump made the announcement following a meeting with US Tech Workers, a pro-American worker organization that has been publicizing rampant greed and corrupt hiring practices in corporate America and the technology industry.

 

Earlier Tennessee Valley Authority TVA announced that it would outsource 20% of its technology jobs to companies based in foreign countries. After that President Trump fires TVA's Chairman for hiring foreign workers saying, TVA’s action could cause more than 200 highly-skilled American tech workers in Tennessee to lose their jobs to low-wage. Trump has also ordered the TVA board to hire a new chief executive officer who “puts the interests of Americans first.”