THREAD: Today, President Trump announced an Executive Order expanding his immigration ban to include even more immigrants, including in industries like tech, manufacturing, seafood and hospitality.

Let us tell you, by the numbers, why this is both bad policy and bad economics.

In the midst of an economic recovery, this decision will cost us tens of thousands of jobs. On average, an H-1B visa holder creates nearly 2 jobs. Barring the issuance of thousands of these visas limits our ability to recover from high unemployment.

More than a decade ago, in the midst of the Great Recession, #h1bvisa visa denials cost our economy hundreds of thousands of jobs, and more than $1 billion in lost wages. Once again, in the midst of an economic recovery, this new executive order risks jobs and wages.

As of 2018, there are more than 90,000 H-4 visa holders with work permits and about 75% of whom are gainfully employed. We are cutting our nose off to spite our face by barring entry to thousands of highly educated spouses prepared to enter the workforce immediately! #H4EAD

Employers in the seafood processing industry alone requested more than 126,000 #H2B visas in 2015.

In Alaska, the largest fish processing state, firms had to turn away fishing boats because they were short-staffed, costing the industry tens of millions of dollars in business.

Two of the top ten states – #Michigan and #Pennsylvania – gaining the most jobs from recent H-1B workers are in the Rust Belt, an area hit particularly hard by the recent economic downturn, according to data from a 2015 report.