ഗ്രീൻ കാർഡ് സസ്പെൻഡ് ചെയ്യുന്ന ഉത്തരവിൽ ട്രംപ് ഒപ്പു വച്ചു; മെഡിക്കല്‍ പ്രൊഫഷണലിനു വരാം
തല്‍ക്കാലം 60 ദിവസത്തേയ്ക്കാണെങ്കിലും നീട്ടാന്‍ സാധ്യതയുണ്ടെന്നും ട്രമ്പ് സൂചന നല്‍കി.
കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെ തുടര്‍ന്ന് തൊഴില്‍ മേഖല തകരാതിരിക്കുന്നതിനും അമേരിക്കന്‍ പൗരന്മാരുടെ തൊഴില്‍ സാധ്യതയും സുരക്ഷിതത്വവും ഉറപ്പാക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുക എന്ന ലക്ഷ്യത്തോടെയാണ് ഈ നടപടിയെന്നും ഉത്തരവില്‍ ഒപ്പ് വച്ചശേഷംട്രമ്പ് പറഞ്ഞു.
നൂറുകണക്കിനു താല്ക്കാലിക വര്‍ക്ക് വിസ നല്‍കുന്നതിന് ഈ ഉത്തരവ് തടസ്സമല്ല എന്നും ട്രമ്പ് വ്യക്തമാക്കി. അമേരിക്കന്‍ പൗരത്വമുള്ളവരുടെ ഭാര്യമാരോ ഭര്‍ത്താക്കന്മാരോ കുട്ടികളോ ഇവിടേക്ക് വരുന്നതിനും തടസ്സമില്ല. മാത്രമല്ല അമേരിക്കയിലേക്ക് വരാന്‍ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന ഡോക്ടര്‍മാര്‍, നഴ്‌സുമാര്‍, മെഡിക്കല്‍ പ്രൊഫഷണല്‍സ് എന്നിവര്‍ക്കും ഈ ഉത്തരവ് ബാധകമല്ലെന്നും ട്രമ്പ് പറഞ്ഞു.
പ്രസിഡന്റ് ഒപ്പുവച്ച ഉത്തരവിനെതിരെ നിയമ നടപടികള്‍ ഉണ്ടാകുമെന്ന് സൂചനയും ലഭിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.
Trump's executive order suspending entry of immigrants 'drastic and damaging': Top US attorney
BY NIKHILA NATARAJAN
New York, April 23 (IANS) "Drastic" and "damaging" is how a top US immigration attorney is describing Donald Trump's latest executive order, which takes a sledgehammer to the entry of immigrants "who present risk to the US labour market" and goes into effect from midnight on April 23.
The executive order does not apply to H1B workers in the United States.
The executive order applies to three categories of "aliens". It bans those who are outside the United States on the effective date of the order, which means 11:59 pm on April 23, those who do not have an immigrant visa that is valid on the effective date and those who do not have an official travel document other than a visa, such as an advance parole document.
With consulates closed, almost all visa processing by the State Department has been suspended for weeks anyway.
"If you have been sponsored for a green card through a family member, you're now going to be banned for 60 days, unless you are a spouse or minor child of a US citizen," Cyrus Mehta, New York based US immigration attorney, told IANS.
"If you are the spouse or minor child of a green card holder, you're banned. If you are the adult son or daughter of a US citizen or adult single son or daughter of a green card holder, you're banned. If you are the sibling of a US citizen, and you waited 10 plus years to come in and you are still waiting for a visa interview at a consular post, you're now banned."
Called "Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the US Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak," Trump's latest executive order with a 16 word headline comes with a 60 day sunset clause, for now.
Trump said his decision is essential to help Americans get back to work in an economy ripped apart by the coronavirus.
"This will ensure that unemployed Americans of all backgrounds will be first in line for jobs as our economy reopens," Trump said.
"If you read the fine print, on day 50 of the 60 day period, the President can once again make an assessment and decide whether to continue with it," Mehta explained.
The few exemptions that exist now are for spouses and minor children of US citizens, people coming on an immigrant visa as a physician, nurse or other health care professional to perform medical research related to COVID-19.
The order also exempts people approved under the EB5 immigrant investor program who have invested more than a million dollars to get a foothold in the US.
"On the other hand, the spouse of a green card holder or parent of a US citizen has been banned," says Mehta. He says Trump's use of authority under Section 212F of the Immigration Act is a standout case in American history.
"There's a lot of fear and panic," Mehta says, among the immigrant community over the last three years and it's just spiralled in the last few days since Trump signalled that he will be clamping down further.
"That hostility can be felt. Not just by immigrants, but even by employers or employees," Mehta said.
The executive order frames America's problem as a "labor market supply" issue. "Existing immigrant visa processing protections are inadequate for recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak," the order reads.
Trump ran in 2016 on promising to crack down on immigration, making the case that foreign workers compete with Americans for jobs and drive down wages.
Trump signs immigration ban, but exempts H1-B professional visa-holders
BY ARUL LOUIS
New York, April 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order banning many categories of immigration to the US for 60 days but it does not apply to H1-B professional visa-holders.
Trump signed the executive order on Wednesday evening and reiterated afterwards at his daily news briefing that he took the action to protect Americans thrown out of work by COVID-19 shutdowns.
The President said that he may reconsider it before it expires in 60 days.
Although he said repeatedly in the order that the 22 million Americans who have lost their jobs will be protected by the ban, there are several exemptions in it for potential immigrants and it does not cover those coming in on temporary work visas.
This makes it more of a political statement than a "strong" action as he called it, playing to a section of his political base while not upsetting business interests.
The ban does not apply to those who have already received their green cards or permanent resident status and to holders of temporary visas but find themselves abroad.
The ban distinguishes between those seeking to immigrate to the US permanently, who are covered by the ban, and those coming in on temporary visas, who are not.
Among the exempt categories of those immigrating are healthcare workers and those involved in COVID-19 and other medical research along with their families.
The order also exempts spouses and minor children of US citizens and members of the armed forces, and those required for law enforcement purposes who are in the immigration pipeline.
Holders of work visas like H1-B for professionals and H2-A for farm and other labour are exempt because they not considered immigrants as their visas are for a limited period and do not confer a permanent resident status.
Indians are the single largest group of H1-B visa-holders accounting for nearly 74 per cent of all such visas.
In addition to American firms, several Indian technology companies rely on the H1-B workforce to operate in the US.
The ban also does not cover L-1 visas for employees of foreign companies transferred to work in the US.
Investors, including those in the category eligible for green cards, are also exempt.
In contrast to his public statements about a quick economic rebound once the pandemic is under control, Trump said in his executive order that without the ban the US "faces a potentially protracted economic recovery with persistently high unemployment".
Making a targeted political statement, Trump said that the categories of would-be immigrants he is barring would have competed with "African-Americans and other minorities, those without a college degree, and the disabled" who are "at the margin between employment and unemployment".
Although Trump had barred asylum-seekers from coming through the Mexican border, the order said that it will not limit the ability of anyone to seek asylum or refugee status.
There is a ban on all travellers from 28 European countries, China and Iran who are not US citizens or permanent residents.
(Arul Louis can be contacted at arul.l@ians.in and followed on Twitter @arulouis)
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