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US President Orders Changes to H1-B Visa Program

川普下令改革H-1B签证程序

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to propose changes to the H-1B program. The program is used to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the United States.

美国总统 唐纳德·特朗普签署了一份执行命令用来引导联邦机构对H-1B 签证做出一些改变。这项签证计划常被用来把高技术人才吸引到美国。

Trump signed the order called “Buy American, Hire American” during his Tuesday visit at an American company in the state of Wisconsin. During the presidential campaign, Trump had promised to change the country’s immigration policies.

特朗普在这周二访问威斯康辛一所美国工厂的时候所签订的称为“买美国人的商品,雇佣美国公民”的命令。在总统大选期间,特朗普曾经承诺过要改变国家的移民政策。

A senior Trump administration official says the order calls for “the strict enforcement of all laws governing entry into the United States of labor from abroad.”

一位在地方办公室的高级官员称这项命令为:所有法律规定政府要加强监管从境外来美国的务工者。

The order directs the departments of Labor, Justice, Homeland Security and State to take action against fraud and abuse in the immigration system to protect American workers. It also directs the departments to propose reforms to ensure that H-1B visas are given only to the most-skilled or highest-paid applicants.

这项命令指导着劳动部门,司法部门,国土安全部门以及各州抵抗利用和滥用移民政策的行为来保护美国工人。同时引导着各部门实行改革来确保H-1B 签证仅仅对于技术含量高和高薪申请者发放。

The H-1B visa program is designed for foreigners to work for American companies in jobs that usually require higher education -- including scientists, engineers or computer programmers. The government uses a lottery system to give 65,000 visas every year. It gives another 20,000 visas to graduate student workers.

H-1B 签证计划是针对于那些为美国公司工作的高学历人才。包括科学家,机械学家和电脑程序员。政府利用摇奖系统每年来给出65000个签证名额。对于毕业生和工人再额外发放20000个。

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says the number of applications for H-1B visas fell to 199,000 this year from 236,000 in 2016.

美国移民局称申请H-1B签证的人从2016的23.6万人降到了19.9万人。

American companies say they use the visas to recruit highly skilled workers. A majority of the H-1B visas, however, are given to overseas companies that then send workers to American companies.

美国公司称他们利用这些签证名额来吸收高技能的人才,然而,大部分的H-1B 签证给了海外公司继而他们会给美国公司输送一些人才。

Some critics say those foreign companies give the visas to people to perform lower-level information technology, or IT, jobs. Critics also say the lottery system works in the favor of the large firms that submit a large number of applications.

一些评论家说这些外资企业把签证名额给了一些低水平信息产业,或者信息技术的工作者。评论家还说到摇奖系统比较倾向于那些提交了大量申请人数的大企业。

A Trump administration official says the way the system now works, foreign workers are able to come to the United States and replace American workers because the foreign workers accept lower wages than Americans. The official says this violates “the principle of the program.” The administration has said large American technology companies have been using the program to hire large numbers of foreign workers, lowering wages for Americans.

一位特朗普政府官员提到这种运行方式现在起到作用了,国外工人能够来到美国取代美国工人的位置。因为比起美国工人,国外工人更能接受低薪的工作。官员说这项命令违反了“项目的原则”。行政局称大多数的美国技术型企业都用这个项目以对于美国来说较低的薪资来雇佣

The Reuters news agency examined U.S. Labor Department records and found that more than 15 percent of Facebook’s employees in the United States in 2016 used a temporary work visa.

路透社测试美国劳工部记录发现了美国超过15%社交网站的员工在2016年拥有的是临时工作签证

Employers including Walt Disney World and the University of California in San Francisco have replaced American technology workers with H-1B visa holders. Some of the American workers were forced to train the foreign workers who replaced them.

包括迪士尼世界和在旧金山的加利福尼亚大学在内的雇主已经取代持有H-1B签证的美国技术工人。一些美国工人还被迫去培训那些取代他们位置的国外工人。

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to propose changes to the H-1B program. The program is used to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the United States.

Trump signed the order called “Buy American, Hire American” during his Tuesday visit at an American company in the state of Wisconsin. During the presidential campaign, Trump had promised to change the country’s immigration policies.

A senior Trump administration official says the order calls for “the strict enforcement of all laws governing entry into the United States of labor from abroad.”

The order directs the departments of Labor, Justice, Homeland Security and State to take action against fraud and abuse in the immigration system to protect American workers. It also directs the departments to propose reforms to ensure that H-1B visas are given only to the most-skilled or highest-paid applicants.

The H-1B visa program is designed for foreigners to work for American companies in jobs that usually require higher education -- including scientists, engineers or computer programmers. The government uses a lottery system to give 65,000 visas every year. It gives another 20,000 visas to graduate student workers.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says the number of applications for H-1B visas fell to 199,000 this year from 236,000 in 2016.

American companies say they use the visas to recruit highly skilled workers. A majority of the H-1B visas, however, are given to overseas companies that then send workers to American companies.

Some critics say those foreign companies give the visas to people to perform lower-level information technology, or IT, jobs. Critics also say the lottery system works in the favor of the large firms that submit a large number of applications.

A Trump administration official says the way the system now works, foreign workers are able to come to the United States and replace American workers because the foreign workers accept lower wages than Americans. The official says this violates “the principle of the program.” The administration has said large American technology companies have been using the program to hire large numbers of foreign workers, lowering wages for Americans.

The Reuters news agency examined U.S. Labor Department records and found that more than 15 percent of Facebook’s employees in the United States in 2016 used a temporary work visa.

Employers including Walt Disney World and the University of California in San Francisco have replaced American technology workers with H-1B visa holders. Some of the American workers were forced to train the foreign workers who replaced them.

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Words in This Story

applicant –n. someone who formally asks for something (such as a job or admission to a college); someone who applies for something

lottery – n. a system used to decide who will get or be given something by choosing names or numbers by chance

principle – n. a moral rule or belief that helps you know what is right and wrong and that influences your actions


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