Trump Plan May End Work Permits for H-1B Spouses
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The Trump government has a new plan for H-1B visas. An H-1B visa lets skilled foreign workers work in the US. Many people from India have this visa.
The new plan may stop spouses of H-1B workers from getting work permits. A work permit is a paper that lets you work in a country. Right now, some spouses can work in the US with this paper.
If the plan happens, these spouses cannot work anymore. This will hit many Indian families. Many Indian workers have H-1B visas in the US.
The plan is not final yet. It is part of new immigration rules from the Trump government. Immigration means people moving to live in another country.
Many families are worried about this news. They say it will be harder for spouses to stay and work in America.
Vocabulary15 words
- H-1B visa
- a paper that lets skilled foreign workers work in the US
- work permit
- a paper that lets you work in a country
- Indian
- from India
- immigration
- people moving to live in another country
- spouse
- a husband or wife
- government
- the group that runs a country
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- skilled
- good at a job because you learned it
- foreign
- from another country
- final
- the last and sure decision
- worried
- feeling scared about something
- families
- groups of people related to each other
- rules
- things you must follow
- stay
- to not leave a place
- hit
- to affect or hurt
Quiz
Answer key
1. Their work permits 2. Indian families 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Trump government has a new plan for _____ visas.
An H-1B visa lets skilled foreign workers _____ in the US.
The new plan may stop spouses of H-1B workers from getting work _____.
Right now, some spouses can work in the US with this _____.
If the plan happens, these spouses cannot _____ anymore.
This will hit many _____ families.
The plan is not _____ yet.
It is part of new _____ rules from the Trump government.
Many families are _____ about this news.
They say it will be harder for spouses to stay and work in _____.