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Expert: H-1B visa restrictions harm US economy By LIA ZHU in San Francisco | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-07-19 09:37 FILE PHOTO: The People s Republic of China flag and the US flag fly on a lamp post along Pennsylvania Avenue near the US Capitol in Washington. [Photo/Agencies]
The Trump-era hostility toward the H-1B visa program that allows US companies to hire foreign high-skilled workers is xenophobic and undermining the country s innovation economy, said a Silicon Valley expert.
The Trump administration took a series of measures to crack down on the H-1B program, though technology industry leaders said they rely on the program to recruit for positions that do not have a deep applicant pool among US citizens.
Bay Area businesses ready to rethink plans for return to office
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Last April, Olga Meleshko, Metromile’s manager of executive administration, was preparing the company s San Francisco office for employees to return to work. Now the company says it may have to reexamine elements of its plan.Mike Kai Chen/Special to The Chronicle
Workplaces have been whipsawed with uncertainty in recent months as coronavirus prevention rules have changed. The news Friday that seven Bay Area counties are recommending that vaccinated people wear masks indoors added another element of unpredictability.
California rules for workplaces haven’t officially changed since they were updated last month, but companies are thinking twice in light of the new guidance from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties.
Ban on new foreign workers left US jobs unfilled, even in covid downturn
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Alicia A. Caldwell
, The Wall Street Journal
Visa restrictions last year were partly intended to keep more jobs open for Americans as unemployment surged
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The U.S. closed the door to nearly all incoming foreign workers last year. The causes were Covid-19 restrictions that locked global borders and Trump administration policies that drastically reduced work visas, with the exception of farmworkers. The effect was an unexpected experiment in one of the country’s most hotly debated issues the relationship between the labor market and immigration.