Dozens of top US business leaders including Apple Inc.\u2019s Tim Cook, JPMorgan Chase & Co.\u2019s Jamie Dimon and Pepsico Inc.\u2019s Indra Nooyi signed a letter expressing \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policy changes and their potential to undermine economic growth.<\/p>\n
The letter focused on recent changes in the area of high-skilled immigration. The executives decried moves that were said to include \u201cinconsistent immigration decisions\u201d and the likely curtailing of work permits for spouses of some high-skilled immigrants.<\/p>\n
Those shifts were \u201cunfair\u201d and created a risk of \u201cunnecessary costs and complications,\u201d the CEOs said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the federal government undertakes its legitimate review of immigration rules, it must avoid making changes that disrupt the lives of thousands of law-abiding and skilled employees, and that inflict substantial harm on U.S. competitiveness,\u201d the executives said.<\/p>\n
H-1B visas
\nThe letter, dated Wednesday, was coordinated by the Business Roundtable, a Washington-based policy and lobbying group consisting of top U.S. chief executives. It was first reported by Fortune.<\/p>\n
It highlighted the current treatment of applications for H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, a category often seen as synonymous with the technology industry but that also includes architects, economists, physicians and teachers, among other professions.<\/p>\n
A policy brief released in July by the National Foundation for American Policy showed denials of such visas are on the rise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Trump administration is limiting the admission of high-skilled foreign nationals, even though economists believe America greatly benefits from the entry of foreign-born scientists and engineers,\u201d the Arlington, Virginia, group said in its brief.<\/p>\n
In their letter, the CEOs said that the Department of Homeland Security was allowing inconsistent applications of policy in case reviews and was was failing to tell workers what information they need to submit, creating uncertainty for workers. The executives also complained the department has in some cases started deportation proceedings after denials even among current workers who \u201chave complied with immigration laws and intend to promptly depart the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
The roundtable, which Dimon chairs, released the letter \u201con behalf of the CEO members\u201d on Thursday. Others executives who signed included Doug Parker of American Airlines Group Inc., Laurence Fink of BlackRock Inc., Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com Inc. and Omar Ishrak of Medtronic Plc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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