“Buy American and Hire American” fails to protect U.S. workers

washingtonpost.com: Trump’s ‘Buy American and Hire American’ initiative won’t actually help workers

“Only new rights, not enforcement, can save U.S. workers

By Gabrielle Clark

In April 2017, President Trump signed his “Buy American and Hire American” executive order. The order restricts U.S. employers’ ability to recruit foreign labor, in particular temporary H-1B visa holders, in the name of “protecting American workers.” But a closer look at the order reveals that it is doing the opposite by failing to give citizens and foreign workers higher pay, better benefits and stronger employment protections.

How so? It relies on anti-fraud investigations rather than rights…”