CEOs Hiring Record American Workers Due to Trump's Block on Foreign Contract-Workers...

Young Americans are being trained by Business groups in record numbers due to President Donald Trump‘s temporary block on foreign contract-workers, according to reports.

The Gatlinburg-area tourist industry in Tennessee was denied many J-1 workers, so it “responded by developing a hospitality internship program that seeks to bring more U.S. college-age workers to the area,” according to a September 6 report in the Wall Street Journal.

“We’ve tried to get creative,” director of the Sevier County Economic Development Council, Allen Newton said.

Meanwhile, the horseracing industry in Kentucky is now training Americans because Trump blocked the inflow of H-2B visa workers, the Associated Press reported.

Immigration attorney Elizabeth Conley Buckley said due to the season being nearly up, the U.S. Department of State issued new guidance allowing additional foreign workers to enter the U.S. will not make much difference.

prior to trump s order staffing firms were hired by managers for disposable foreign labor via the h 2b and j 1 labor pipelines — Prior to Trump’s order, staffing firms were hired by managers for disposable foreign labor, via the H-2B and J-1 labor pipelines.

“This exemption to the executive order is not going to help them because they never got [H-2B] visas,” she said.

“So they have been dealing with any kind of staff they can put together from college students to day workers, whatever they can find.”…