Tag: H-4

Assault on U.S. Workers Rolls on, H-4s Poised to Have Employment Authorization Upheld

Guest Post by Joe Guzzardi

Employment authorization for H-4 visa holders – H-1B visa spouses and their children under age 21 – may be determined soon. The decision to reverse work permission has been delayed several times since the Trump administration first proposed it in 2017.

In the last five years, more than 500,000 H-4 visas have been issued, mostly to women who are Indian nationals. For months now, President Trump has been saber-rattling about ending H-4 employment authorization. And while the president’s opposition to these work permissions has been described in the media and by some in Congress as unfairly harsh, rescinding H-4 employment authorization would simply put the spouses back to the terms that they originally and voluntarily agreed to.

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Visa Holders Homeward Bound? If so, a Boost for American Workers

Guest Post by Joe Guzzardi

During the upcoming mid-term elections, the 35 Senate races and the 435 House of Representatives campaigns will feature candidates who promise to help create more jobs. Their pledge to improve the labor market for unemployed and underemployed American workers will be at their platforms’ core.

Often, however, job addition can come about through job subtraction, namely when immigration policies that are hurtful to American workers are revised to instead help them.

An example: A dateline New Delhi, India story explained that the Trump administration’s proposed end to the H-4 visa that gives H-1B visa holders’ spouses and children under age 21 employment permission could open up as many as 100,000 jobs for Americans.

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