US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on late Monday to announce that he would be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States, which has been under attack from the “invisible enemy”, and to “protect jobs of our great American citizens.”
Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump
In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!411K7:36 AM – Apr 21, 2020Twitter Ads info and privacy166K people are talking about this
The move by the Republican president effectively achieves a long-term Trump policy goal to curb immigration, making use of the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis along with it that has swept the country.
The development comes as the U.S. death toll from the #coronavirus topped 42,000 on Mondayhttps://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/donald-trump-executive-order-us-immigration-coronavirus-1669217-2020-04-21 …Donald Trump to order suspension of immigration to US to fight coronavirusTrump says he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States with a twin objective: fighting the coronavirus and protecting American jobs. One of his Democra…indiatoday.in248:23 AM – Apr 21, 2020Twitter Ads info and privacySee IndiaToday’s other Tweets
The announcement drew swift condemnation from the Democrats, with Senator Kamala Harris accusing Trump of shamelessly politicising the pandemic to double down on his anti-immigrant agenda.
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Trump failed to take this crisis seriously from day 1. His abandonment of his role as president has cost lives. And now, he’s shamelessly politicizing this pandemic to double down on his anti-immigrant agenda.
Enough, Mr. President. The American people are fed up. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252418369170501639 …Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrumpIn light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!6,0278:37 AM – Apr 21, 2020Twitter Ads info and privacy2,385 people are talking about this
Jerry Nadler stated that it was a move to distract from the President’s weak response to Covid-19 and pass on the blame to immigrants. “The truth is many immigrants are on our front lines, protecting us as doctors, nurses, health aids, farmworkers, and restaurant workers,” he tweeted.
(((Rep. Nadler)))✔@RepJerryNadler
President Trump now seeks to distract us from his fumbled COVID-19 response by trying to put the blame on immigrants. The truth is many immigrants are on our front lines, protecting us as doctors, nurses, health aids, farmworkers, and restaurant workers. https://politi.co/34RW6QN Trump’s surprise immigration ban expected to include major exemptionSeveral industry representatives expect the upcoming immigration suspension will exempt one of the largest sources of immigration at the moment — farmworkers.politico.com10.3K8:41 AM – Apr 21, 2020Twitter Ads info and privacy4,484 people are talking about this
Democratic Presidential candidate Julian Castro hinted that cutting off immigration could hurt the nation’s already weakened economy, calling it a “dumb move”.
You cut off immigration, you crater our nation’s already weakened economy. It’s that simple @realDonaldTrump. What a dumb move. https://twitter.com/NBCLatino/status/1252425057306939397 …NBC Latino✔@NBCLatinoBREAKING: President Trump says he is suspending immigration to the U.S. in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the “need to protect jobs.” https://trib.al/80l2EQe 12K8:08 AM – Apr 21, 2020Twitter Ads info and privacy2,745 people are talking about this
Indians working in the technology sector could be severely impacted by the immigration ban. In 2017, India accounted for most of the new workforce, followed by Mexico and China. A huge population of migrant workers from India head to work in Silicon Valley and the supply of talent could be cut because of the temporary ban.
“This will definitely impact immigration movements into the IT sector in the US from India and China, being two countries with large migration numbers globally,” said Latha Olavatth, an immigration specialist at Newland Chase.
A rising number of migrant workers, particularly from Asia, head to the US to work in Silicon Valley.https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52364411 …Trump’s immigration ban could hit tech sectorA temporary ban on US immigration could affect its technology sector and the foreign talent it needs.bbc.com152:37 PM – Apr 21, 2020Twitter Ads info and privacy15 people are talking about this
According to Pew, almost half of immigrants live in just three states – New York, Texas, and California, home of Silicon Valley, where tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Cisco are based. “Now, with the immigration ban, more top Chinese, Indian and other foreign talent will seek jobs in tech hubs globally like Shenzhen, Seoul and Bangalore rather than Silicon Valley. They will push invention and innovation in software, hardware and in semiconductors,” said Shaun Rein, managing director of the China Market Research Group.
Infosys, TCS and HCL Tech share prices took a tumble in India after the announcement by the US President.
Infosys, TCS, HCL Tech share prices fall as Donald Trump announces immigration suspension
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The H1B visa, which is popular among Indians working in the US, is a non-immigrant visa. It doesn’t seem likely that the H1B visa would be impacted but no new information on it has yet been received as we now live in the age of Twitter diplomacy, where policy decisions are announced in 280 characters, and the fine print arrives much later.
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