Donald Trump once again showed
his displeasure over the H1B visa programme, saying it is very unfair and must
end.
The Republican presidential front-runner,
Trump, said he also uses the H-1B visa programme but shouldn't be allowed as it
is taking away jobs from Americans.
"I know the H-1B very well. And
it's something that I frankly use and I shouldn't be allowed to use it. We
shouldn't have it. Very, very bad for workers. It's very important to say, well,
I'm a businessman and I have to do what I have to do," Trump said.
"When it's sitting there
waiting for you, but it's very bad. It's very bad for business, it's very bad
for our workers and it's unfair for our workers. We should end it," he
said.
IT professionals from India and
major Indian IT companies are major beneficiary of H-1B, a non-immigrant visa
in the US which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in
speciality occupations.
Even Florida Senator Marco Rubio
resonated Trump's suggestions, saying it is illegal under the H-1B programme to
use it to replace American workers.
"They are hiring a
consulting company like Tata, for example, out of India. That company then
hoards up all of these visas. They hire workers. Disney or some other company
hires this company," Rubio said.
Trump said that he has been
endorsed by Disney workers -- where several people lost their job due to H-1B
visa workers.
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