The economics of Trump’s visa restrictions

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🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Post Reports, Nick Miroff explains President Trump’s restrictions on foreign visas and why they are a long-awaited victory for immigration hardliners. Joseph Marks reports on how we can learn from recent primaries ahead of the general election in November. And sports columnist Jerry Brewer explains the deepening NASCAR drama.

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0:00.0	This Post Reports podcast is brought to you by Facebook.
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0:10.8	Hi, this is Ben Terris coming from the Washington Post.
0:12.7	Hi, Jack.
0:13.5	This is Winthrop.
0:14.3	Oprah.
0:14.9	Hi there.
0:15.4	How are you?
0:16.4	It's Lisa bonus, telling me for the post.
0:18.4	This is Post Reports.
0:20.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:23.6	It's Wednesday, June 24th.
0:26.0	Today, Trump's new immigration restrictions.
0:31.1	What the latest primaries tell us about November.
0:34.0	And why racism still matters for NASCAR?
0:40.7	Ever since President Trump signed the new executive order on Monday,
0:44.6	which bars certain categories of foreign workers,
0:47.6	the mood in India has been that of shock and also makes things very uncertain.
0:53.2	For hundreds of families.
0:56.5	My name is Neha Masi and I'm a reporter for the Washington Post in New Delhi.
1:02.0	This order particularly affects the H1B visa category, which is for highly skilled workers.
1:08.0	In 2019, 75% of the applications for H1B were from Indians.
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