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US Chamber of Commerce, other industry groups sue Trump administration over foreign worker limits

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was joined by three industry groups and a technology company in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and State Department regarding the actions of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to curb foreign workers from entering the country, primarily via the H-1B visa program.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, 21 July, in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, California, comes a month after Trump announced he was temporarily suspending several work visa programs as high unemployment rates due to the coronavirus pandemic left millions of Americans out of work.

Trump’s order, though, did provide an exception for seafood processors who use H-2B visas to fill seasonal positions. Foodservice workers are considered essential workers under the order…

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