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Apple, Amazon, FB join battle against Trump's visa restrictions
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IANS | 11 Aug, 2020
Technology giants including Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and
Twitter have lended support to a lawsuit challenging US President Donald
Trump's suspension of new visas for temporary foreign workers.
The
new visa restrictions could adversely affect how the US economy
recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the companies said in an amicus
brief filed on Monday, The Verge reported.
"The President's
suspension of nonimmigrant visa programs, supposedly to ‘protect'
American workers, actually harms those workers, their employers, and the
economy," the amicus reads.
Through a proclamation in June,
Trump suspended till the end of the year a range of guest worker visas
including the H-1B visas prized by Indian professionals.
The freeze will not affect those already in the US on the H-1B and the other work visa categories being put on pause.
The
purported justification for the suspension is "to protect unemployed
Americans from the threat of competition for scarce jobs" amid
disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The US Chamber of
Commerce as well as a coalition of trade groups filed a lawsuit
challenging the Trump administration's proclamation on visa
restrictions.
In support of the suit, nearly 50 organisations filed an amicus brief on Monday.
The
companies said that "the suspension of these vital nonimmigrant visa
programs will stifle innovation, hinder growth, and ultimately harm US
workers, businesses, and the economy more broadly in irreparable ways."
From
Tim Cook to Sundar Pichai, top technology leaders in the US came out in
the open to criticise Trump's proclamation in June too.
"Immigration
has contributed immensely to America's economic success, making it a
global leader in tech, and also Google the company it is today.
Disappointed by today's proclamation - we'll continue to stand with
immigrants and work to expand opportunity for all," Google and Alphabet
CEO Sundar Pichai had said in a tweet.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said he was deeply disappointed by the new proclamation.
"Like
Apple, this nation of immigrants has always found strength in our
diversity, and hope in the enduring promise of the American Dream. There
is no new prosperity without both. Deeply disappointed by this
proclamation," he had said.
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