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NPR: Trump expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

By NPR.

Published June 21, 2020 at 5:15 am

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks as Governor Pete Ricketts (R-NE) (L) and Governor Kevin Stitt (R-OK) (R) listen during a roundtable at the State Dining Room of the White House June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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President Trump is expected to sign an order as soon as Saturday to suspend H-1B, L-1 and other temporary work visas through the end of the year, according to the multiple sources familiar with the plan. The new order — which is expected to come with broad exceptions — comes as the administration continues to wrestle with high unemployment among American workers because of the coronavirus pandemic as well as kick-start the economic recovery.