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

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

related reading

• America’s immigration policy is driving away future AI leadersrestofworld.org
• The tech layoffs continueworld.hey.com
• Obvious Observations on Americaisaak.net
• Skilled immigration is a national security prioritynoahpinion.blog
• Layoffs at Amazon, Meta, and Twitter signal a major shift in Silicon Valley | Voxvox.com
• Meta Hired You Because You’re Exceptional. Now It’s Laying You Off for the Same Reason.hardresetmedia.com
• Meta layoffs show how coding jobs are no longer safe at tech companies | Voxvox.com
• Canada's ploy to use U.S.-trained immigrants to surpass American innovation - Niskanen Centerniskanencenter.org
• How a tax code time bomb fueled mass tech layoffsqz.com
• Lighthouselighthousehq.com
• The lessons that come out of tech’s boom-and-bust cyclesbusinessinsider.com
• Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?)blog.eladgil.com