Washington DC:
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed immigration hardliner and shut aide, Stephen Miller, as his White Home Deputy Chief Of Workers for coverage. Confirming Miller’s appointment, Vice President-elect JD Vance on Monday, congratulated the incoming Deputy Chief Of Workers for coverage on X, calling him “one other implausible choose by the president.”
Mr Miller was a part of the president-elect’s first administration and served as his senior adviser and director of speech-writing on the White Home. He was additionally a central determine behind a number of of Mr Trump’s insurance policies on immigration, together with the Muslim journey ban and the 2018 household separation coverage.
Miller’s Stance On H-1B Visas
Recognized for his extremist rhetoric, Mr Miller was a frequent presence in the course of the president-elect’s 2024 marketing campaign, typically seen talking at Mr Trump’s rallies. Addressing Mr Trump’s notorious Madison Sq. Backyard rally in New York which noticed an attendance of practically 19,500 Individuals, Mr Miller advised the gang that “America is for Individuals and Individuals solely” and promised to “restore America to the true Individuals”.
Final 12 months throughout an interview with the New York Occasions, Mr Miller asserted that if Mt Trump was re-elected, his administration would carry insurance policies to limit authorized and unlawful immigration. He additionally talked about plans to detain undocumented immigrants in camps whereas they await expulsion.
Throughout Trump’s first administration, Miller helped in drafting the Cruz-Periods invoice that prohibited worldwide college students with a grasp’s or bachelor’s diploma from working in H-1B standing within the US for a minimum of 10 years.
Now in his new position in Trump 2.0, Mr Miller is predicted to proceed his advocacy for restrictive immigration insurance policies, together with limits on H-1B visas. He argues that the H-1B program can result in American employee displacement and wage suppression.
Trump Administration And Immigration
Trump administration’s stance on immigration has typically been at odds with financial consensus, which reveals that expert immigrants and worldwide college students profit the US economic system. As president, Mr Trump didn’t enact any measures to extend entry to H-1B visas, and his second time period will possible be comparable. Insurance policies launched throughout his presidency additionally noticed an increase in visa denial charges and a narrowing of the definition of “speciality occupation,” decreasing the positions eligible for H-1B staff.
In 2020, earlier than Mr Trump left workplace, his administration printed a restrictive H-1B rule, which was blocked by a courtroom for violating the Administrative Process Act. As per a report by Forbes, the rule included quite a few provisions to forestall firms from using foreign-born scientists and engineers, similar to altering who and what positions might qualify for an H-1B speciality occupation.
Taking his earlier administration’s agenda ahead, Mr Trump has additionally appointed former appearing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan as his administration’s “Border Czar.” In a publish on his Reality Social platform, the President-elect mentioned that Homan would oversee the border safety of the US together with maritime and aviation safety. He additionally said that Mr Homan would oversee deportation insurance policies.
Collectively, Miller and Homan are anticipated to work carefully in implementing the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration measures.
The Forbes report mentioned that if President Joe Biden’s administration doesn’t finalize the H-1B “modernizing” rule earlier than he leaves the Oval Workplace, a brand new Trump administration might challenge the H-1B rule with its priorities relatively than these of the Biden workforce.
As per the report, the brand new rule would possible be much more restrictive than the present H-1B regulation or what US Citizenship and Immigration Providers proposed in October 2023.
H-1B Request Denial Beneath Trump Administration
An H-1B visa is commonly the one approach a high-skilled overseas nationwide can work long-term within the US.
In Mr Trump’s first time period, officers issued memos and coverage steering, which raised the H-1B petition denial charge from 6 per cent in FY 2015 to 24 per cent in FY 2018 and 21 per cent in FY 2019.
As per the Forbes report, after a authorized settlement in June 2020, denial charges descended to pre-Trump ranges to 4 per cent in FY 2021 and a couple of.2 per cent in FY 2022.
