Washington: US lawmakers have said the temporary suspension of H-1B and other non-immigrant visas by President Donald Trump will disproportionately impact high-skilled workers from Asia as well as harm the American businesses that rely on immigrant workers.
Congresswoman Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, said, “This will disproportionately impact high-skilled workers from Asia, who overwhelming utilise the H1-B visa system and account for over 80 per cent of H1-B visa holders in the United States.”
According to Chu, it’s a purely xenophobic and bigoted agenda that actually works against our national interest.
She said that immigrants are vital to the US economy and are needed not only in the agriculture and medicine sectors, but also in business, academia, and everything in between as well.
“If we want to rebuild our economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we cannot close ourselves off from immigrants. The President’s order puts his own election-year politics over the needs of our country,” Chu said.