Chamber of Commerce Sues Trump to Import Foreign Workers While 26M Americans Jobless 27

John Binder 21 Jul 2020

The Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against President Trump, demanding the 300,000 businesses it represents be allowed to import foreign workers while more than 26 million Americans remain jobless.

On Tuesday, Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue announced the group's lawsuit against Trump's expanded executive order, signed last month, which halts the H-1B, H-4, H-2B, L-1, and J-1 visa programs to reduce foreign competition against millions of unemployed Americans.

Donohue said in a statement:

Our lawsuit seeks to overturn these sweeping and unlawful immigration restrictions that are an unequivocal "not welcome" sign to the engineers, executives, IT experts, doctors, nurses, and other critical workers who help drive the American economy. Left in place, these restrictions will push investment abroad, inhibit economic growth, and reduce job creation.

The lawsuit claims Trump does not have the authority as president to “alter the hiring practices of American employers as it relates to hundreds of thousands of jobs in the next few months” to give employment priority to unemployed Americans............To Read More.....