President Trump’s New Travel Ban Now in Impact

New immigration restrictions went into impact with the brand new 12 months, that means that vacationers from seven international locations— Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Syria—are dealing with extra difficulties in coming to the United States.

President Trump final 12 months signed executive orders limiting journey from these international locations, citing security and safety considerations, though advocated for immigrants contend that the restrictions unfairly goal Muslim and African nations.

Various kinds of restrictions had already been in place for greater than a dozen different international locations: Afghanistan, Burma/Myanmar; Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Sudan, Venezuela, and Yemen.

The administration additionally made modifications to the H-1B visa program, permitting for prioritizing of candidates who make increased wages. These modifications additionally went into impact on January 1. 

“The existing random selection process of H-1B registrations was exploited and abused by U.S. employers who were primarily seeking to import foreign workers at lower wages than they would pay American workers,” said U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Matthew Tragesser. “The new weighted selection will better serve Congress’ intent for the H-1B program and strengthen America’s competitiveness by incentivizing American employers to petition for higher-paid, higher-skilled foreign workers.”

Tragesser mentioned the administration will proceed to replace the H-1B program.

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