with Tonya Riley Tech industry leaders are aggressively criticizing President Trump’s immigration crackdown, warning the move could prevent them from recruiting the most highly-skilled workers from around the world. Many major companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter and top industry groups came out swinging against Trump’s sweeping order to block a broad range of worker visas […]
President Trump Monday signed an executive order temporarily suspending many nonimmigrant visas, including temporary H-1B visas popular among tech companies. Industry executives say the move will push highly skilled tech workers and prospective innovators to other countries. The executive order also suspends for the rest of the year most J-1 visas, designed for research scholars
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By Mikey Campbell Thursday, October 17, 2019, 05:36 pm PT (08:36 pm ET) Apple CEO Tim Cook continued to push for immigration reform on Thursday, and in a tweet urged the U.S. Senate to pass legislation that aims to streamline the process for so-called “high-skilled” applicants. Cook called on the Senate to take up
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The right advice at the right time can make all the difference for your company. So this year at Disrupt SF (Oct. 2-4), we’re going to try to help startup founders get an extra level of insight. We’re hosting a set of workshops with experts in fundraising, growth and hiring, where attendees can submit questions
CLEVELAND — Graduation will be bittersweet this year for a senior at St. Edward’s High School. Though Jackson Seo, Jr. will be going on to college and even has some scholarship money, his parents will be unable to make the special day. “What I keep telling my son is, ‘Hey, God is the best. At
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Are small businesses beginning to have feelings other than optimism as we near the end of 2018? Headlines this week suggest that the ebullient air among small business owners like yourself is being overcome by worry. Maybe it’s just the holidays? Or maybe it’s just the flu? This week, we learned that retailers across the
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The Q4 2018 Quarterly Index from the National Write Your Congressman (NWYC) organization reveals immigration ranked as a top small business concern in this quarter. According to NWYC, this is the first time the issue of immigration ranked in the top five. NWYC Q4 2018 Small Business Sentiment Index The top five issues small businesses
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Increased immigration enforcement is now a hallmark of the administration in Washington. In the first 100 days following the Trump inauguration, immigration arrests by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) increased by almost 40 percent compared to 2016. In addition, the administration is adding 10,000 new agents to ICE. With stepped-up enforcement like this, employers
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Forbes Building Success: This Is How Immigration, Entrepreneurship And Education ConnectForbesAccording to Entrepreneur Magazine, more than 40% of businesses on the U.S. Fortune 500 List are launched by immigrants or by children of immigrants. Joel Contartese is a successful 26-year-old immigrant and entrepreneur who was born in Buenos Aires, … Source link
