U.S. tech giants including Google, Amazon and Tesla are criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to suspend H-1B and L1 work visas.
The CEOs of U.S. tech giants including Google, YouTube and Tesla are criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to suspend H-1B and L1 work visas.
Google's Sundar Pichai, YouTube's Susan Wojcicki and Tesla's Elon Musk were quick to condemn the restrictions, as were representatives from Amazon, Facebook and Twitter. Wojcicki, YouTube's CEO, said on Twitter that immigration was "central" to America's story and her own family's story. "My family escaped danger and found a new home in America."
Musk said that he disagreed with the action "very much" on Twitter. "In my experience, these skillsets are net job creators," he wrote. "Visa reform makes sense, but this is too broad." "Preventing high skilled professionals from entering the country and contributing to America's economic recovery puts American's global competitiveness at risk," the company said,Facebook also condemned the move. "President Trump's latest proclamation uses the Covid-19 pandemic as justification for limiting immigration," a Facebook spokesperson said. "In reality, the move to keep highly-skilled talent out of the U.S.
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