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H 1b Visa
12,700 Indian Tech Workers Left the US This Year as H-1B Doubts Deepen
Roughly 12,700 white-collar Indian tech professionals left the US between January and September, per staffing…
Oct 19
H-1B Fees Rise as Rules Tighten and Layoffs Draw Scrutiny
Employers face higher H-1B fees, tightened eligibility rules and new layoff scrutiny, raising the cost and ri…
Oct 19
Amazon Techie Says 'Lay Me Off' as H-1B Crackdown Talk Grows
An Amazon engineer publicly told his employer 'lay me off,' arguing that the H-1B crackdown could reshape the…
Oct 13
Microsoft Faces Foreign Worker Crackdown as Vance Blasts Layoffs
Microsoft faces a threatened foreign worker crackdown as VP JD Vance publicly blasts its layoffs — pressure c…
Oct 13
Vance Claims Microsoft Substituted Visa Workers for Laid-Off US Staff
Vice President JD Vance has asserted Microsoft's 2024 layoffs preceded foreign visa hires in identical occupa…
Oct 13
White House H-1B Order Puts Employer Layoffs Under Microscope
A White House order ties H-1B sponsorship to new scrutiny of employer layoffs, raising compliance stakes for…
Oct 12
Trump and Vance Tell H-1B Sponsors: Stop Cutting US Workers
Trump and Vance told H-1B sponsors to stop laying off American workers, the Center for Immigration Studies re…
Oct 10
Trump Tells H-1B Employers to Stop Laying Off American Workers
President Trump has told H-1B employers to stop laying off American workers, raising political risk for visa-…
Oct 9
Trump Extends $100,000 H-1B Fee and Ties Approvals to Layoffs
Trump extended the $100,000 H-1B fee for 12 months effective September 21, 2026, and ordered agencies to weig…
Oct 9
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