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President Trump Signs Executive order to protect American Jobs From Misuse of H-1B Visas

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Washington DC, President Trump took action earlier today to prevent Americans from being displaced by foreign workers and offshore labor using federal dollars. In a new executive order the President combats the misuse of H-1B visas, which too often have been exploited to replace qualified U.S. workers with lower-cost foreign ones. President Trump is directing all federal agencies to focus on hiring Americans for lucrative federal contracts, and it requires that only U.S. citizens be appointed to the government’s competitive service.

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The U.S. State Department Raises its Travel Alert to Level 4 for the Entire World

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Washington DC, the US State Department has issued a “Travel Advisory: Level 4 “- The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of #COVID19. In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S. citizens who live in the US should arrange for immediate return.

The unprecedented move is aimed at keeping Americans from going overseas. As the coronavirus pandemic worsens, engulfing Europe and Italy in particular, other places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan seem to have gotten a handle on the cases that first spread outward from China. But now, as the global death toll approaches 10,000,