Today we're speaking with Ray Lahoud, Member of North McLaughlin about the impact of COVID-19 on immigration and labor shortages. Immigration issues are complicated enough, but how does that factor into boosting the U.S. economy?
The H1-B visa allows companies and other employers in the US to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialised knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher in the specific specialty, or its equivalent, according to the USCIS.
The number of immigrants under the H1-B visa program holding high-tech jobs dropped the most in at least a decade this year in the U.S. amid travel and visa restrictions, even as job openings in the industry reached record highs.
shortages? still got the issue of driver shortates? e ., , , ., e still got the issue of driver shortaqes? . ., , , ., . ., shortages? we absolutely do. we have this big figure shortages? we absolutely do. we have this big figure of shortages? we absolutely do. we have this big figure of 100,000 shortages? we absolutely do. we have this big figure of 100,000 drivers i this big figure of 100,000 drivers in the uk we are currently short of, thatis in the uk we are currently short of, that is not necessarily in the tanker area. the situation is somewhat better for general hgv drivers but we have a severe shortage. that is notjust the uk, you are looking around the world for driver shortages, all of europe has about a shortage of 400,000 hgv drivers, a massive shortage. it is an occupation we desperately need to keep everything on our shelves and on our tanks. the keep everything on our shelves and on our tanks- keep everything on our shelves and on our tanks. ., .,, i. on our tanks
this is his signature cause. he s trying to win people over. he talked about the lawless state of our southern border. if you didn t know what someone like you knows, some of it was very compelling. uh-huh. about sovereignty and borders and safety, and he talked about people who had been killed by people who had crossed into the country illegally. what is your evaluation of the argsument he made last night? so, the speech really varied. like you pointed out, there were surprising moments when the president said he wanted records numbers of legal migrants to come into the united states. have we ever heard something like that from him before? one would think that the tech community and h 1 b visas would be tanzaniaing in the streets. this is one of the most promising the immigrant community have heard come out of the mouth of this president. it could be a sign of change. but if you look at his policies thus far, there s really no evidence for it. most of his policies have gone