
"Yet Trump last month signed a proclamation "restricting entry unless employers make a $100,000 payment with the petition." The proclamation stated companies were abusing the scheme, suppressing wages, laying off domestic workers, and undermining economic and national security. Trump took particular aim at IT outsourcing companies in the proclamation, citing research that computer science and engineering graduates were facing worse prospects than biology and even art history graduates. Nothing to do with GenAI then."
"It bangs the drum for the benefits of the program, highlighting its genesis in 1952 as a way to fill roles in "specialty occupations," and the fact that Congress has maintained a cap on the scheme. The group also flags up the US's "well-documented labor shortage." This includes doctors, with a shortfall of up to 139,000 physicians predicted by 2033,"
The US Chamber of Commerce filed suit accusing President Trump of exceeding his authority by imposing a $100,000 fee on H‑1B visa petitions. The proclamation restricted entry unless employers paid the fee, alleging company abuse, wage suppression, domestic layoffs, and threats to economic and national security. The suit names the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State and their respective heads, Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio, as defendants. The Chamber highlights the H‑1B program’s 1952 origins for specialty occupations and Congress’s maintained cap. The group cites a well‑documented labor shortage, including a projected shortfall of up to 139,000 physicians by 2033, and claims foreign‑born STEM workers generated $103 billion in benefits for American workers between 2000 and 2015 while fostering trade and helping fill STEM gaps.
Read at Theregister
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]