President Donald Trump issued a proclamation accusing U.S. companies of sidelining skilled American graduates in favor of cheaper, mixed-skill, imported visa workers.

“The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program…. has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor,” said Trump’s proclamation , which adds:

The large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse of the program has undermined both our economic and national security.

The proclamation, titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” directed agencies to begin fixing the nation’s shredded professional sector by charging a $100,000 fee for the arrival of each foreigner hired via the H-1B program. It also directed federal agencies to

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