Thread: Trump on Legal Imigrants - "Put Americans First"

This is serious talk!

Regarding legal immigration, Trump titles that section "Put American Workers First." Notably, he calls for the temporary freezing of employment-based green cards so employers "will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers." Trump also takes aim at the H-1B temporary visa program which the tech industry exploits to hire cheap foreign labor rather than qualified Americans in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Specifically, he states he will overhaul the H-1B program by requiring employers to hire American workers first (which is not currently required) and will increase the "prevailing wage" (the statutory wage level for H-1B workers) to eliminate the discount that employers legally exploit to hirer cheaper foreign workers. Additionally, he will terminate the J-1 visa program and replace it with "a resume bank for inner city youth." And to further protect American taxpayers, Trump will require all aliens seeking entry to the U.S. to "certify that they can pay for their own housing, healthcare and other needs."

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Wow, that is an on the spot great plan to deal with excess legal immigration.

He's upping the ante from a "pause" to a "temporary freeze of employment-based green cards".

In another month it will be a 10 Year Moratorium on New Immigration.

Love it!

wtg trump

Hey sounds like the America First language we made a big deal about 2014!

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