Post Tagged with: "immigration"
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H-1B visa program maxed out after four days
The H-1B visa program has bumped up against its cap in only four days, an indication of ongoing heated demand for the program to hire skilled foreign workers in the United States, federal officials said Friday.
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H-1B visa lottery brings truckloads of applications, new uncertainty
As the H-1B lottery opens this week, the Trump administration announced a renewed focus on abuses one of the tech industry’s favorite visa programs.
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H-1B visa holders can now use S.F. startup’s AI-powered bot to switch jobs, escape ‘indentured servitude’
Foreign skilled workers can now get help from a bot, after San Francisco’s Visabot started offering an H-1B visa service.
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H-1B visa: Kids of recipients dominate America’s leading science contest
The finals in America’s most prestigious youth science competition were dominated by children of recipients of the controversial H-1B visa, a new report says.
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H-1B visa immigration program erodes wages, curbs hiring: study
The H-1B visa immigration program has undermined wages and eroded job growth — yet bolstered corporate profits — according to a new report by a closely watched research group of economists.
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Stanford Ph.D. supports app for helping undocumented immigrants avoid deportation raids
A web developer expects to have an app finished in three months that will send alerts about immigration raids targeted undocumented people, and he’s getting help from a Stanford Ph.D.
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Oracle holds out on tech industry’s Trump protest as Google takes charge
With many Bay Area tech firms signed onto legal action against President Donald Trump’s order on entry to the U.S., Oracle is conspicuously absent.
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Startup industry joins resistance against Trump’s immigration ban
More than 200 venture capitalists and investors signed an open letter against the president’s immigration ban.
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Twitter employees donate $1.59M to ACLU after Trump’s immigration order
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Executive Chairman Omid Kordestani were matching donations raised by employees.
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Apple, Facebook, Google and others draft open letter to Trump on immigration
The companies have offered to help the president improve the executive order so that visa holders will not face problems when they try to enter the United States.
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