After a statement by the President announcing a temporary embargo on immigration to the U.S., the Executive Order includes some justifiable exceptions.  Guest workers on H-2A visas will be allowed to enter the United States and qualified medical workers will be exempted from the Order.

The Administration is opposing a House bill that attempts to modernize the H-2A guest worker program by allowing undocumented immigrants, of whom there are estimated to be 1.2 million, to be granted legal status under specific conditions.