Trump Administration Immigration Accomplishments
President Trump is working hard to restore the rule of law and make immigration work for America. View a timeline of the Trump Administration's immigration accomplishments:
2020
August
Trump Bars Federal Contractors from Displacing American Workers with Foreign Guestworkers
On August 3, President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices with the Interests of American Workers.†The order directs the head of every U.S. government executive department and agency that enter into contracts (and subcontracts) awarded in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to determine whether contractors/subcontractors used temporary foreign labor for contracts performed in the U.S., and whether this affected opportunities for American workers or created any national security implications. The heads of agencies/departments were also ordered to assess whether contractors/subcontractors offshored work to foreign countries that had previously been performed in the U.S.
According to FAIR President Dan Stein, the order takes on “the perverse reality that Americans are subsidizing their own demise when companies that are profiting from taxpayer-supported government contracts displace American workers with foreign workers.†Stein adds that “the president’s order should be just a first step in reforming our massively abused guest worker
https://www.fairus.org/issue/presidential-administration/trump-administration-immigration-accomplishments
