As the criticism is coming from all the avenues for the Donald Trump’s move to suspend H-1B visas, analysts believe that it is a gift to China, an injury to India and absolutely does nothing to the American workers.
In an executive order, the United States President Donald Trump suspended green cards and visas for a range of foreign guest workers. While many in India and those living in the United States have lashed out at the move as it hurts India, reports now suggest that the move will indeed benefit China. Earlier, it was said that Canada would be the one to benefit from the move.
The Wall Street Journal, which is considered as one of the conservative media houses, recently warned that the move will only help China. The editorial board warned in a write up where it wrote,
“Retaining out high-skilled overseas staff will hamstring US innovation, aiding China’s effort to dominate synthetic intelligence, semiconductors, and biotech. The winners shall be China’s nationwide champions together with Huawei, Baidu, and Tencent.”
No Good To American People
While the move is looked at as a saving action to bring up the ailing United States economy post-COVID-19, some believe it is not helping the American people at all. Lindsey Graham, one of the allies of Trump wrote on Twitter,
“Those who believe legal immigration, particularly work visas, are harmful to the American worker do not understand the American economy. The shuttering of these programs may not lead to employment opportunities for displaced American workers, but could instead increase the cost of consumer goods for Americans – particularly service industry related products.”
However, Trump’s other closest ally, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, believes otherwise. He says the move will have a chilling effect on the nation’s path to economic recovery. He also went onto say that it was he who suggested the move to the President. He wrote,
“With so many Americans out of work, there’s no reason to bring in more foreign guest workers to take the few available jobs. Companies ought to hire Americans at decent wages instead of shipping in competitors from overseas.”
Source: The Times of India
