United States President Donald Trump said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) saying the executive was getting paid too much and was hiring foreign workers.
US Tech Workers, a nonprofit that wants to limit visas given to foreign technology workers, took out an advertisement to persuade Trump to stop the TVA from outsourcing much of its information technology division.
The group, led by Kevin Lynn, criticised the TVA for furloughing its own workers and replacing them with contractors using foreign workers with H-1B visas.
The White House said the order will help prevent federal agencies from unfairly replacing American workers with lower-cost foreign labour.
TVA's action could cause more than 200 highly skilled American tech workers in Tennessee to lose their jobs to foreign workers hired on temporary work visas, according to the White House.
Commenting on the issue in April, Alexander said the White House was spreading misinformation.
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