Visa Programs Suspended by Trump Administration
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🗓️ 24 June 2020
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| 1:21.8 | I'm Michael Krasny. Coming up next on forum, the granting of H-1B and other temporary work visas will be suspended beginning today. |
| 1:29.0 | The White House says the order will help create jobs for some of the 40 million Americans |
| 1:32.9 | who have lost work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Silicon Valley firms say the industry |
| 1:38.2 | needs more skilled workers. We'll talk about what the visa freeze means for jobs and foreign |
| 1:43.2 | workers. |
| 1:47.7 | Then a coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin prison is surging following a transfer of inmates from a men's prison in Chino in late May. |
| 1:51.8 | We'll discuss the latest developments. |
| 1:53.7 | That's all next. and students, among |
| 2:18.7 | others. The White House says the move will help get Americans back to work as the economy continues |
| 2:23.6 | to reel from 40 million virus-related job losses. But critics say freezing the visas is an |
| 2:29.7 | election year political move that will hurt U.S. businesses, particularly in Silicon Valley. |
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