Lawyers Sue to Keep Foreign Workers in U.S. Despite 96.8 Mil Americans out of Work Force
Published:
Tue, Apr 7th 2020 @ 1:03 pm EDT
Corporate immigration lawyers are asking a federal judge to take control of the immigration system from President Donald Trump and then suspend routine visa deadlines for foreign workers until after the coronavirus epidemic has passed. In a baffling demand, the American Immigration Lawyers Association said in the April 3 lawsuit that the judge should “assume jurisdiction over this matter†and order the Department of Homeland Security to extend the visas for the foreign workers.
The stakes are very high. Under federal rules, whenever U.S. and Indian companies fire visa workers — such as H-1Bs — the visa workers must go home. If enforced, this rule will free many blue-collar and white-collar jobs for 96,845,000 Americans without work due to the recent pandemic from China. Currently, Indian companies are lobbying federal agencies to keep their fired workers in the United States.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/lawyers-sue-keep-millions-foreign-workers-us-despite-jobless-claims
