Politics
Trump Orders Freeze on Many Work Visas Through End of Year
- Order freezes new H1-B, H-4, L, most J, some H2-B visas
- Trump’s order comes after unemployment rate hit 13.3%
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President Donald Trump signed an order Monday temporarily halting access to several employment-based visas, affecting hundreds of thousands of people seeking to work in the U.S. The technology industry said the move would hurt the economy.
The order freezes new H1-B and H-4 visas, used by technology workers and their families, as well as L visas for intra-company transfers and most J visas for work- and study-abroad programs, including au pairs, through the end of the year.