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The actual order does not have anything Vox mentioned. Read it. Its attached in the article. Im no Trump fan but the article is exaggerating
Basically, if you're in a menial job that doesn't truly add value, you're in the crosshairs
Check out the 3rd executive order, near the end of the article, where it says "Limiting legal immigration" in bold.
K1- hard for me to give a summary other than, "be concerned because you might get kicked out at some point over the next few years".
I'm not a visa holder so idk what some of these program numbers mean and which are relevant for our coworkers.
There is high level stuff about reforming green card processes, and "site visits" for employers with L1 visa holders. Not sure what either of those actually mean, but it's a bit concerning.
Summary?
To make it easy... here's the text describing the executive order:
Limiting legal immigration: “Protecting American Jobs and Workers by Strengthening the Integrity of Foreign Worker Visa Programs”
A sweeping proposed order would, essentially, operate across a number of channels to reduce the scope of legal immigration to the United States. It also begins to lay the administrative and policy groundwork for further legislation altering the scope of legal immigration into one that, in the words of the cover memo, “prioritizes the interests of American workers and — to the maximum degree possible — the jobs, wages, and well-being of those workers.”
The order itself contains a variety of provisions. One would reverse Obama’s extension of the duration of Optional Practical Training work visas and decision to allow the spouses of H-1B guest workers to also have work permits. Another would undo relief Obama has granted to people eligible for green cards but unable to apply for them due to what’s known as the “three- and ten-year bars.”
Another provision calls on the Department of Homeland Security to begin “site visits” at places that employ guest workers with L-1 visas and then to expand the site-visit program to cover all employment-based visa programs within two years.
Other provisions are less clear in their impact. The order directs the secretary of homeland security to promulgate a regulation that would “restore the integrity of employment-based nonimmigrant worker programs” and to “consider ways” to alter the H-1B program (for technical guest workers) to be “more efficient and ensure that beneficiaries of the program are the best and the brightest.” The H-1B program, which is often used by outsourcing firms, has come under recent criticism from both Trumpist Republicans and pro-labor Democrats, and the Trump administration is reportedly looking at another way to determine which of the hundreds of thousands of H-1B applicants get visas (instead of the current lottery system).
Another directs DHS to “improve monitoring of foreign students” and to “reform practical training programs for foreign students to prevent the disadvantaging of US students in the workforce.” Another calls for the promulgation of a new regulation to “clarify comprehensively” that people on tourist visas may not perform skilled or unskilled labor. Another directs the secretary of state to “reform the J-1 Summer Work Travel program to improve protections of US workers.”
Another provision calls on DHS to do what it can to incentivize more employers to participate in the E-Verify system.
Last but by no means least, the order attempts to build momentum toward a larger revision of American immigration policy. It calls on the secretary of labor to commission a report investigating “the extent of any injury to US workers” caused by the employment of foreign workers, and on DHS to report regularly on the number of foreigners working in the United States and to “immediately restart work on regular benefit fraud assessments for all immigration benefits categories.”
It presumes foreign workers cause injury to American workers, so I guess it is kinda obvious the direction things are headed
Does this impact GC holders?
I doubt it - would probably impact new applicants, if it happens
It has a very high likelihood of getting signed, and yes new applicants and renewals.
I imagine this will be moderated somewhat by all the business shills surrounding Trump. Not to mention, there's probably legislation required for any substantive policy changes beyond enforcement of existing law.
How does it impact new applicants and renewals, if you're not going through the employment-based green cards? Seems like it only affects marriage-based ones.