“Most media coverage has treated the issue as a
choice between bringing guest workers in and keeping them out. But there are
better options.”
By Jane Guskin and David L. Wilson, Truthout
July 15, 2020
President Trump’s decision to
suspend the majority of U.S. guest worker programs for at least six
months, announced in a June 22 proclamation,
has provoked a lot of debate.
For Mark Krikorian, who heads the immigration-restrictionist
Center for Immigration Studies, the
suspension is “a bold move … to protect
American jobs,” while South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham warns it
will have “a chilling
effect on our economic recovery.” [...]
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https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-guest-worker-ban-sparks-new-focus-on-immigrant-push-for-labor-overhaul/ |
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