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Big Tech’s Layoffs Highlight How the US Fails Immigrant Workers | WIRED

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Decades-old visa rules mean that job cuts disadvantage workers, companies, and perhaps the whole country.

Save this story Save this story Tens of thousands of people have been laid off at Amazon, Meta, Salesforce and other once-voracious tech employers in recent months. But one group of workers has been particularly shortchanged: US immigrants holding H-1B visas for workers with specialist skills. Those much-sought visas are awarded to immigrants sponsored by an employer to come to the US, and the limited supply is used heavily by large tech companies. But if a worker is laid off, they have to secure sponsorship from another company within 60 days or leave the country. That’s a particularly tough

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