Donald Trump went to a Wisconsin county that he narrowly won in the presidential election to sign a new “Buy American, Hire American” executive order aimed at cracking down on skilled worker visa abuse and forcing US government agencies to buy more domestically produced products.
Mr Trump went to the headquarters of Snap-on — a tool company in Kenosha, Wisconsin, hometown of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and a swing county that was key to Mr Trump’s election in November — to sign the two-part order.
The first part directs federal government agencies to crack down on fraud and abuse in the H-1B visa programme for skilled workers, used by many Silicon Valley companies and outsourcing giants to bring in foreign workers. It also aims to shift the awarding of the 85,000 visas issued annually from the current lottery system to one that gives greater preference to high-skilled workers with advanced degrees.