Major tech companies including Amazon, Apple, the Google parent Alphabet, Uber, and Twitter decried President Donald Trump's freeze on a range of immigration work visas Monday, calling it "unbelievably bad policy" that would undermine America's economic recovery and its competitiveness.
Trump issued a proclamation Monday suspending the issuance of a variety of visas that allow foreigners to work in the US for a limited amount of time. The administration said the suspension, which affects H-1B, H-2B, H-4, J-1, and L-1 visas, was necessary to protect American workers at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has pushed unemployment to its highest level in decades.
