Post Tagged with: "immigration"
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Google, Facebook and others to push for ‘Dreamers’ bill: report
Almost two dozen companies are reportedly teaming up to lobby Congress to protect “Dreamers” with legislation.
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Trump administration sued for info on plan to collect immigrants’ social media data, ‘extreme vetting’
Knight Institute wants info about U.S. “understanding of its authority to base immigration decisions on individuals’ speech, beliefs, or associations.”
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Tech’s latest attack on Trump: Investors sue over International Entrepreneur Rule
National Venture Capital Association sues administration over suspension of rule that would have made it easier for immigrant startup founders to get visas.
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Laurene Powell Jobs taps Ronald Reagan in first political TV ad in support of ‘Dreamers’
Silicon Valley philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective is stepping into the political ring a day after President Trump decided to end DACA.
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Mark Zuckerberg on DACA: ‘Sad day for our country’
One of the tech industry’s most vocal advocates for “Dreamers” called for Congress to act quickly on legislation after Trump’s decision to end DACA.
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Hundreds of tech, business leaders call on Trump to preserve DACA
Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and execs from more than 350 U.S. companies and organizations are advocating for ‘dreamers.’
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Trump’s immigration crackdown has U.S. companies wary of hiring foreign tech workers
The number of interview requests from U.S. companies to foreign workers have dropped since the presidential election, according to data released Wednesday by job searching site Hired.
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Apple H-1B workers average $139,000 in pay, but outsourcers dominate visa program and pay far less
Under President Donald Trump’s ‘Buy American, Hire American’ executive order, federal authorities have for the first time issued company-specific pay data on the H-1B program.
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Tim Cook to Donald Trump: Tech workers ‘nervous’ about immigration
During a closed-door meeting in the White House, Apple CEO Tim Cook told President Donald Trump his administration “needs more heart” regarding immigration.
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Palmer Luckey of Oculus fame turns his attention to ‘defense’ and our borders
Palmer Luckey, the controversial Oculus co-founder who left Facebook a couple of months ago, is working on another startup.
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