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“The federal government can’t arbitrarily turn these visas into an extortion racket to punish employers and institutions the President does not like,” Brown continued.
“President Trump has clear legal authority to restrict entry of any class of aliens he determines is not in America’s best interests, and that is exactly what he did,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in a statement.
“The H-1B program has been abused for decades, and President Trump finally took action to fix it. A federal judge in Washington already upheld a nearly identical order, and the Administration is confident this order will be reversed on appeal,” Rogers added.
“We disagree with this blatant judicial activism dismantling President Trump’s historic efforts for immigration reform,” said a DHS spokesperson.
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