Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted in the following media on President Trump’s NIV proclamation:

  • New York Times: “It’s the largest crackdown on work visas that I have seen in my 35 years of practice. Thousands of businesses and universities will be hurt by these restrictions. Similarly, individuals will be stuck overseas unable to help the U.S. economy recover.”
  • Inside Higher Ed: “The proclamation fails to understand that many nonimmigrant workers, especially high-skilled foreign workers, help grow the economy.” Mr. Yale-Loehr said the suspensions of H-1B visas could have an impact on university hiring, “probably not so much in quantity as in quality. It’ll affect H-1Bs who are outside the United States now who will not be able to come in to teach and work for a university. And while universities may not have a lot of those people, they may be very important. Maybe a new professor, for example, that they have recruited heavily but will not be able to come to the United States to start teaching.”
  • NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report
  • Univision: “La nueva restricción se basa en la preservación de empleos para los trabajadores estadounidenses. Sin embargo, no comprende que muchos trabajadores no inmigrantes, especialmente los trabajadores extranjeros altamente calificados, ayudan a hacer crecer la economía”… “Otro estudio encontró que cada trabajador H-1B crea alrededor de cinco empleos para los trabajadores estadounidenses en el sector de tecnología.”

·       BBC: “Why Trump’s H-1B Visa Freeze Will Hurt India Most.”

·.     Times of India: “Tech Sector in India, U.S. Hits Out at Trump for Suspension of H-1Bs.”

·       TyN Panama: “¿Por qué el Triunfo de la visa H-1B de congelación va a doler la India más.”

·       Harvard Crimson: “Harvard Admins ‘Disappointed’ with Temporary Worker Visa Suspension,” “If Harvard has a new employee overseas who planned to apply for an H-1B temporary work visa or an existing employee overseas trying to renew his or her H-1B visa, the new proclamation prevents that. If a Harvard employee is in the United States on an H-1B visa but his or her spouse is overseas and planned to apply for an H-4 visa, the new proclamation prevents that. The couple may be separated for a long time.” Any international alumni applying for an H-1B visa to return to the United States to work will also be unable to for the remainder of 2020, he said.”Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was also quoted in the following media on other topics:·       Associated Press, re new Supreme Court decision: “Justice Alito used sweeping language in his majority opinion upholding Congress’s efforts to limit due process for arriving immigrants. While not necessary to the precise holding in the case, the Trump administration is sure to use such language to justify its broader efforts to restrict asylum seekers.”

·       Univision, re USCIS budget shortfall: “Si la USCIS tiene que cerrar temporalmente las operaciones por falta de fondos, las solicitudes de inmigración no se decidirán. Esto retrasaría a los inmigrantes que solicitan seres queridos en el extranjero y crearía estragos para los trabajadores con visas temporales que buscan extender su estadía. Los empleadores no podían obtener las solicitudes aprobadas para los trabajadores necesarios”, he said. Also, “También retrasaría la aprobación de las peticiones para convertirse en ciudadano estadounidense naturalizado, lo que significa que esas personas no podrán votar este año,” agregó. La suspensión, sin embargo, no será prolongada. “La USCIS podría comenzar a trabajar nuevamente cuando arranque el nuevo año fiscal, pero incluso un retraso de uno o dos meses en el procesamiento de las solicitudes crearía un problema real para miles de inmigrantes y empleadores. Y la acumulación de aplicaciones indecisas crearía tiempos de procesamiento aún más largos.”