Trump To Order Review of H1-B Visa Program During Wisconsin Visit

President Donald Trump speaks during a town hall with business leaders in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during a town hall with business leaders in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday will sign an executive order calling for a review of the H-1B visa program, which brings high-skilled immigrants to the United States.

Trump will sign the “Buy American and Hire American” order during his trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, the White House told reporters on Monday.

The executive order will not make any changes to the visa program — it would simply initiate a review and order the Labor, Justice, Homeland Security and State Departments to come up with changes to ensure that the visas go to the highest skilled workers, the administration told reporters. It would also direct those agencies to strictly enforce the laws governing the H-1B program, per the White House.

Trump’s order will also call for the Commerce Department to reduce waivers and exceptions to “Buy American” laws, the administration told reporters.

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  1. Trump will sign the “Buy American and Hire American” order during his trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, the White House told reporters on Monday.

    
    The week of the summit, ***3.4 tons of Ivanka Trump handbags, wallets and blouses arrived in the U.S. from Hong Kong and Shanghai.*** U.S. imports of her merchandise grew an estimated 40 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to Panjiva Inc., which maintains and analyzes global shipping records.
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    ***COMPARE AND CONTRAST.***
  2. In other words, SQUIRREL.

  3. “The executive order will not make any changes to the visa program” - So a lot of show to produce nothing…show, btw, entirely being footed by tax payers.

    “it would simply initiate a review” - Governmental reviews are almost the definition of nothing…its busy work…again on the tax payer’s dime…to justify existence.

    “order the Labor, Justice, Homeland Security and State Departments to come up with changes to ensure that the visas go to the highest skilled workers” - Highly skilled workers is a subjective term. And no review process is going to change that to an objective measure.

    “It would also direct those agencies to strictly enforce the laws governing the H-1B program, per the White House.” - Or in other words, tell them to do their jobs. Which they are supposed to be doing anyway.

    So quite literally…this “order” does not one single thing. But signing it requires Trump to fly to Wisconsin to politic on the tax payers dime.

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