Visas Banned in DC
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🗓️ 23 June 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Trump signed a new executive order yesterday temporarily barring new foreign workers from coming to the US until the end of the year. The tech industry has warned that this order hinders their ability to recruit top talent.
In Minneapolis, a city council pledge to dismantle the police department could be harder to implement than expected. And one county jail is facing criticism for allegedly blocking non-white correctional officers from guarding former police officer Derek Chauvin.
And in headlines: CARES Act stimulus checks prevented poverty, four authors quit JK Rowling’s agency, and the FDA advises against nine brands of hand sanitizer.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday June 23rd, I have a Kila Hughes. |
| 0:08.6 | And I'm Gideon Ressick and this is what a day wishing happy primaries to our friends |
| 0:11.8 | in New York, Kentucky and Virginia. |
| 0:14.2 | Yeah, and shout out to my mom who was working the polls, but if you get her sick, we |
| 0:17.8 | fight. |
| 0:18.8 | Yeah, you're down for the count, buddy. |
| 0:20.2 | Don't even try it. |
| 0:30.0 | On today's show, we check back in on Minneapolis to see how the police reform and defund effort |
| 0:40.0 | is going there than some headlines. |
| 0:42.2 | But first the latest and we'll start again with COVID-19 and the latest executive order |
| 0:46.0 | from President Donald Trump to limit immigration and international workers. |
| 0:50.1 | All right. |
| 0:51.1 | So yesterday, Trump signed an order that temporarily bars new foreign workers from coming to the |
| 0:55.6 | US until the end of the year. |
| 0:57.5 | This includes those high skilled workers using H1B visas and their spouses who would come |
| 1:02.0 | here on an H4 visa. |
| 1:04.0 | It also affects H2B visas, J1 visas and L1 visas. |
| 1:08.7 | So if you're unfamiliar with all those letters and numbers, just know that the order will |
| 1:11.6 | prevent hundreds of thousands of people from coming to work in the country. |
| 1:15.3 | The restriction is supposed to go into effect tomorrow and the administration for their |
| 1:18.9 | part argues that the move is meant to safeguard jobs for unemployed Americans during the economic |
| 1:23.4 | crisis that we're facing. |
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