Originally Published in CNN
Priscilla Alvarez - August 12, 2020
(CNN) Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are among the 52 companies and organizations in a court filing denouncing Trump administration restrictions on employment-based visas, saying that the action "fundamentally disserves the interests of the United States by stifling the ability of U.S. businesses to attract the world's best talent, drive innovation, and further American economic prosperity."
In late June, the White House introduced a series of new restrictions on visas that allow immigrants to temporarily work in the United States, arguing that the rollback was a result of high unemployment from the coronavirus pandemic.
Amazon, Netflix and Twitter also signed on to the court brief.
The visas included are L-1 visas for intracompany transfers, H-1Bs for workers in specialty occupations as well as the H-4 visa for spouses, H-2Bs for temporary non-agricultural workers and most J-1 visas for exchange visitors. Many companies depend on these visas to bring in foreign workers.
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