“At the same time, companies are importing low-wage workers on H-1B visas to take jobs from young college-trained Americans,” he alleged.
“We will protect these jobs for Americans,” he pledged.
H-1B work visas are the most sought after for IT professionals, particularly those from India.
While H-1B and outsourcing had become one of his frequent campaign issue during the Republican primary season early this spring and summer, it more or less remained absent from his key election issue till the election rally in Ohio ahead of the November 8 polls.
According to a recent policy paper on immigration, Trump’s vision is to prioritise the jobs, wages and security of the Americans and establish new immigration controls to boost wages and to ensure that open jobs are offered to American workers first.
