tRUMP always needs more foreign workers to cook and clean, pick up his underwear and buy his special makeup, in spite of the incongruity with his need to demean and vilify immigrants as less than human, rapists, filthy, murders, etc. He is having a really tough time because so many of his undocumented workers have been let go, especially after brave whistle-blowers talked to the press. 2020 is no different.
All four of tRUMP’s DHS secretaries have approved expanding foreign worker’s H-2B Visas. On March 04 2020, Sec Chad Wolf announced 35,000 will be available in April, expanding by 5,000 workers. The 5k must be returning workers from one of the last three fiscal years, to reduce fraud, Wolf says. Chad (short for Chadwick or hanging Chad?) Wolf also says it is going to help American workers. How? By assuring their wages stay low and stagnant? No, DHS officials insist that this is good for Americans, and inline with tRUMP’s “Hire American” initiative, because it is good for business in America… “This does help with American businesses continuing to prosper.”
HB1 Visas are bad for American jobs, Unions and the people they exploit. Marketwatch is showing how the creeping number of Visas is being viewed by Americans of all stripes.
“Raising the limit of H-2B visas means prioritizing cheap foreign labor over paying better wages for American workers to do the same jobs,” Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, said on Twitter.
There is an annual cap of 66,000 H-2B visas but U.S. law allows the administration to set a “supplemental” allocation if needed.
The additional 35,000 is the highest under Trump, who has made restricting illegal immigration a centerpiece of his administration but has said the U.S. needs temporary foreign workers because of demand in the labor market. Last year, the administration set the supplemental visa cap at 30,000. In the two prior years it was 15,000, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have worked “to stem the flow of illegal migration in the region and encourage lawful migration to the United States,” DHS said and you know tRUMP is all about the deals…
A total of 10,000 of the additional H-2B visas will be set aside for the first time this year for people from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras because those countries agreed to help the administration ease pressure on the southern border by taking in people seeking U.S. asylum, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
While businesses and politicians have clamored for additional visas, there has also been bipartisan opposition to expanding the program. A group of Republican and Democratic senators wrote to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia in January to urge the administration not to go beyond the annual cap until taking measures to strengthen employment and trafficking protections for workers.
Susan Collins is thrilled for her tourist trade and fishing industry. I am sure many more reps are as well, being the lobby groups are filling pockets on both sides. In reality it is companies like tRUMP’s who reap the benefits and he is delighted to be residing in such a powerful office, where he can make or break industries and small countries, and exploit his power to keep his company afloat and his loan rates low.
A Vox analysis of hiring records for seasonal workers at three Trump properties in New York and Florida revealed that only one out of 144 jobs went to a US worker from 2016 to the end of 2017. Foreign guest workers with H-2B visas got the rest.
VIDEO: Before tRUMP’s visit to India, Indian IT professionals were angry tRUMP said he will lower foreign worker VISAs when behind the scenes increases them. How dare anyone even LIE about putting a crimp in India’s IT industry! No worries! There are Indian companies who will file complaints to assure that you get the job you want in America…
A lot of people shrug their shoulders at foreign visas or hiring foreign IT companies, but they are a way for companies to pay less, exploit (although not ALL do that. Just most) and keep wages low or get rid of departments so they no longer have to get H1B visas altogether. No worries though! tRUMP has made it even easier to apply…
H-1B visas have been chipping away at IT professionals in the US and Canada for more than 30 years. I wonder how many of tRUMP’s trolls from Reddit, 8KUN, 4 Chan, etc who are so desperate for a job they make memes for a living, by working for tRUMPian Oligarchs who want more tax cuts, understand that they are shooting themselves in the foot pocketbook.
Some do… because Breibart has been warning tRUMPians they were coming (Only go there if you must to check my sources. Don’t give them more clicks) and yesterday announced it to many unhappy MAGA’s. Some Right wing “immigration news” sites are spreading the word, and that is going to hurt tRUMP, at least for a little while.
tRUMP kept another campaign promise. He “did something” about H-1Bs and H-2Bs. FOX’s Tucker Carlson is finally asking why tRUMP is not fulfilling his promises... VIDEO
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump campaigned with former Disney workers and promised he would do something about the use of H-1B visas to replace Americans.
Even Sarah Carter is ticked… but tRUMP is not to blame for her. The replies show some MAGAs are not happy with their chosen one.
Why are our lawmakers not protecting American workers? 3rd month of 2020 just started and almost 100K #H1B & #H1N1 visas are about to be awarded with average salary $95K to 'foreign skilled' workers.
There are multiple threads of angry MAGAs. These guys are mad at tRUMPster and Oligarch paid fan Charlie ‘Toilet Paper USA’ Kirk, for wanting unlimited genius (Like Melania) visas and worker visas. MAGAMichelle Malkin wants all foreigners out, so no surprise she has made a great list of layoffs and outlets closing … but it is backfiring. Her MAGA readers are mad at tRUMP.
This guy changed his avatar. It is doubtful that many MAGAs even hear about this or care, but it is eroding faith in the king of tRUMPf***istan.