A Trump executive order to suspend foreign worker visas to "protect American workers" will hamper economic growth, stakeholders have warned, and has sparked a #SaveJ1s Twitter campaign.

Industry stakeholders have damned a report from The International Labor Recruitment Working Group after it criticised the US Summer Work Travel program for exposing young workers from around the world to "unacceptable risks".

An education agency in Turkey has fired three of its employees after they were caught stealing between $50,000-60,000 from their Work and Travel students' tax returns, while others warn the number of students illegally claiming tax refunds is rising.

The Trump administration is reportedly floating cuts to the J-1 visa route that may see reductions in the number of people from overseas coming to the US for seasonal work and exchanges. This includes the summer work travel program and the au pair program.