Washington: Tech advocates in Washington are reportedly eager to work with the incoming Biden administration and reverse several of US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, especially those that had created barriers to headlines. highly qualified visa holders.
Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley have clashed with the Trump administration in court, suing over their executive orders restricting the immigration of foreign workers, and are now prioritizing eliminating the president’s actions in 2021, The Hill reported. .
The Trump administration had announced new immigration rules last month designed to make it difficult for skilled workers to obtain visas. The rules toughen the requirements for employers who hire workers on H-1B visas, which are reserved for skilled workers, particularly in the tech field.
TechNet, a group of industry executives from companies like Apple, Amazon, Google and more, filed lawsuits challenging the new rules. If it doesn’t succeed, they hope President-elect Joe Biden will overrule the rules.
“They have indicated that they are going to be very different from the Trump administration on highly skilled immigration, immigration in general … Highly skilled immigration … has led to so much growth, technological superiority and competitiveness for the United States,” said the director. TechNet executive Linda Moore.
Biden’s transition team declined to comment.
However, before Biden takes office as president, Silicon Valley is concerned that Trump may further clamp down on worker visas in the final days of his administration, according to The Hill.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reportedly said in a recent call that the president is looking to finalize a rule to make the standards more stringent around H-1B visas, aside from the rules. announced last month.
The US Chamber of Commerce, which has also been active in lawsuits against Trump’s visa orders, had recently noted that Biden’s team has indicated that they would reverse some of those policies.
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