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Tech companies blast Trump order suspending H-1B visas – Source CNET Tech

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday suspending immigrant work visa programs.


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Tech companies criticized an executive order issued Monday by President Donald Trump that temporarily halts issuance of work visas, including the H-1B for high-skilled workers, preventing immigrant workers from coming to the US amid the coronavirus pandemic until the end of the year.

Trump’s expanded travel restrictions will prohibit about 525,000 people from entering the country, including 170,000 green-card holders who have been prevented from entering the US since April,…

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