Grant Sovern Quoted in Fortune Article About Possible Implications of Trump Immigration Policy on Foreign-Born Workers
Grant Sovern, national co-chair of the Quarles & Brady Immigration & Mobility Practice Group, was quoted in a Fortune article about what the immigration policies of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration could mean for foreign-born workers in the United States.
The article delved into what U.S. companies may need to do to protect the status of current employees and continue to recruit talent from other countries. Sovern, based in the firm’s Madison, Wis., office, noted that employers should be prepared for likely change.
An excerpt:
In addition to anticipating an increase in visa denials, Grant Sovern, an immigration attorney at Quarles & Brady, tells Fortune that there will likely be increased restrictions around them. Trump’s previous administration temporarily suspended new H-1B visas altogether. The former president’s previous senior policy advisor Stephen Miller also proposed scrapping the lottery system for H-1Bs, and instead award them only to jobs with the highest paying salaries.
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It’s important to note that when Trump begins his second term, both the House and the Senate will have Republican majorities, giving Trump more support to implement his policies. “With Congress being all in the same party as the president and the Supreme Court, it could be that Congress really does change the laws regarding immigration,” Sovern says.