• MEDIA: Lawmakers Again Seek More Time in US for Laid-Off H-1B Workers

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 17 11:28:10 2023
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    stump to calll on Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell to enact an
    immigration moratorium: <URL:https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/lawmakers-again-seek-more-time-in-us-for-laid-off-h-1b-workers>
    | Foreign workers on H-1B specialty occupation visas, which are
    | especially popular in the tech industry, have 60 days after their
    | employment is terminated to find a new employer to sponsor their
    | visa, seek a new visa status, or leave the country.
    |
    | After a wave of layoffs at big tech firms late last year, members of
    | Congress asked USCIS to extend that grace period--an option the
    | agency said would do little to help recently affected workers
    | because of the protracted timeline for issuing and implementing new
    | regulations.
    |
    | In a letter Monday, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and four other Bay
    | Area Democrats told USCIS Director Ur Jaddou that tech jobs lost
    | this year have already surpassed 2022 layoffs, and the implosion of
    | Silicon Valley Bank would contribute further to the trend.

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