• MEDIA: Rolling Tech Layoffs Snag Green Card Prospects for H-1B Workers

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 10 12:26:05 2023
    Michael Bloomberg's guest blogger, Andrew Kreighbaum, on whether
    Donald Trump regrets dispatching Jared and Ivanka Kushner to Silicon
    Valley to sue for peace with the likes of Mark Zuckerberg: <URL:https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/rolling-tech-layoffs-snag-green-card-prospects-for-h-1b-workers>
    | Tech giants previously have run afoul of regulators for use of the
    | PERM program. The Justice Department reached a $4.75 million
    | settlement with Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. in 2021 over
    | allegations that it had routinely reserved jobs for temporary visa
    | holders through the PERM process without considering US workers.
    |
    | "Pausing new PERM applications isn't going to change much of
    | anything because the pause will end when the layoff news cycle dies
    | down," said Kevin Lynn, founder of US Tech Workers, a group that's
    | critical of temporary visa programs. "Google is just taking
    | precautionary measures because it doesn't want to incite any
    | unwanted attention while it's laying off workers only to have it
    | leaked to the public it's simultaneously ramping up PERM petitions."

    Does Kellyanne Conway worry Ken Griffin and Lachlan Murdoch will allow
    Ron DeSantis to use their bullhorn to outflank Trump from the right on
    the National Question by calling for an immigration moratorium?

    John
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    "There once was a comrade named Stump Who worshipped a conman named
    Trump When my wit made him vex He threatened my specs As DeSantis's
    polls got a bump" - Populist Pundit <URL:https://twitter.com/PunditPopulist/status/1563274050482229253>

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