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Aug. 3, 2020, 8:07 PM UTC

Trump Orders Limits on U.S. Contractors’ Use of Foreign Workers

Mario Parker
Mario Parker
Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump on Monday barred federal agencies from dismissing U.S. citizens or green card holders and replacing them with foreign workers, and blasted a major state enterprise for having done so.

The executive order Trump signed Monday increases scrutiny of federal contractors’ use of H-1B visas to bring in temporary foreign labor for high-skilled jobs rather than relying on American workers.

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