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Trump’s Trumped Up Order: Rupture of the ‘American Dream’ Bubble

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Trump’s Trumped Up Order: Rupture of the ‘American Dream’ Bubble

Prateek Khandelwal and Falguni Sharma

July 29, 2020 11:59:27 pm

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, June 22nd to suspend several categories of working visas until December 31, 2020. The “Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the US Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak” includes suspension of various working visas namely, H-1B, which is most favored by Indian [...]

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