Tech titans say Trump block on worker visas harms US

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Amazon, Apple and Facebook are among tech industry titans and organizations signing onto a court filing saying US President Donald Trump's move ...

"The president's suspension of nonimmigrant visa programs, supposedly to 'protect' American workers, actually harms those workers, their employers, and the economy," the brief backed by more than 50 tech firms and organizations argued.

The suspension is to last through this year and as long after"as necessary" under the justification of making jobs available to citizens amid economic disruption caused by the pandemic, according to the filing. Rather than safeguarding jobs for US citizens, the proclamation"all but ensures" firms will need to hire abroad essentially moving jobs to other countries, the companies said.

 

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