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A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most. (restofworld.org)
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U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients in 2024.

  • Amazon workers bagged the highest number of H-1B visas every year between 2020 and 2024.
  • U.S. companies have grown exponentially and need more IT talent.
  • Indian IT firms have scaled back H-1B filings amid increased scrutiny.
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[-] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It sort of is portable in the sense that if another company wants to hire you. They can initiate a visa transfer process so you can go work for them but that transfer process costs time and money, so it's still designed to make it harder for people on visa to switch companies

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