If employers lay off Americans and choose H-1B workers what happens next? Trump’s new order puts US firms under scrutiny

Employers sponsoring H-1B workers will face closer scrutiny if they have recently laid off American workers or are planning job cuts that could affect similarly situated US employees under a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

The order directs the Departments of Labor, Homeland Security and State to consider an employer’s recent or planned layoffs when processing H-1B labor condition applications, petitions, visas and requests for entry into the US.