H-1B visa applicants hoping to enter the U.S. to work will have to be patient, as President Donald Trump has extended an earlier 60-day ban on skilled foreign workers entering the country until the end of the year, at least.
The move is intended to protect the millions of U.S. workers who have lost their jobs in the economic slowdown caused by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the White House.
IT companies have relied heavily on the H-1B program to fill technology roles. Many released statements on social media denouncing the order yesterday, including Twitter, which quoted Jessica Herrera-Flanigan, its vice president of public policy and philanthropy for the Americas, saying, “This proclamation undermines America’s greatest economic asset: its diversity.”
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