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DEEP DIVE: The foreign worker slump — Coronavirus has slammed the door on highly skilled foreign workers — aiding Trump's push to limit American-based companies' hiring of foreigners, @StefWKight writes.
The restrictions may outlast the pandemic. https://www.axios.com/immigrant-work-visas-h1b-coronavirus-a9dc6aeb-60cc-46be-ae3d-aa198f8c54ba.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd91220&utm_content=1100
The foreign worker downturn this year
♲ Last month Trump fired two Tennessee Valley Authority board members after the federally owned energy corporation replaced employees with foreign workers — the latest example of big corporations using H-1B visas for cheaper labor. https://www.axios.com/immigration-h1b-replace-foreign-worker-1af0f59b-cba0-4547-9903-0d1aec769525.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd91220&utm_content=1100
The tech industry has been an influential advocate for the popular H-1B guest worker program in the face of Trump-era restrictions, @ashleyrgold writes. https://www.axios.com/big-tech-fight-high-skilled-visa-holders-c4827feb-20a9-45ca-8474-90b81f003bd8.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd91220&utm_content=1100
Colleges and universities are expecting the lowest foreign enrollment since World War II, @mmfernandez_ reports.In addition to pandemic travel restrictions, ICE is preventing students from coming into the country if all of their courses are online. https://www.axios.com/international-student-enrollment-trump-covid19-5caad69c-f6d4-4b79-bfb4-7b6ed038bc5b.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd91220&utm_content=1100
The Trump administration plans to propose a rule in the coming weeks to make international students request visa extensions after 2 or 4 years of study, administration officials tell @StefWKight.Currently, foreign students can stay indefinitely. https://www.axios.com/trump-rule-foreign-student-visa-b0ab03a2-ca22-46de-ad14-306009392cbd.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd91220&utm_content=1100
Around 1.2 million people are waiting in line for employment-based green cards — including workers, their spouses and kids. https://www.axios.com/million-wait-employment-based-green-card-a2ae36a3-4bcb-451e-bdc9-9b8501a704e8.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd91220&utm_content=1100
After more than a decade of trying, last year Fatma became one of the lucky few to be picked in the diversity visa lottery out of millions who applied.But the pandemic forced the cancellation of her interview and now she might not get in at all. https://www.axios.com/immigrant-diversity-visa-lottery-coronavirus-ce6cd9e9-2a0e-479c-96c2-0eb2a1ec26c7.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd91220&utm_content=1100
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