The Trump administration’s latest proclamation to suspend temporary work visas aims to protect jobs for U.S. workers, but employers hiring guestworkers in specialty occupations are more likely to make short-term accommodations to keep employees on sponsored visas.
But the reality of how companies hire H-1B and other guestworkers means that only a fraction of the administration’s anticipated openings will likely appear. I think there’s a factual disconnect, even in the numbers. I would anticipate maybe 5 to 10% of the immigrant workers that we would have worked with will be impacted by this.