The National Association of Software and Service Companies, a trade body of Indian firms, recently sent a concerned letter to President Donald Trump. Amid record unemployment across the country, they demanded that the flow of visa workers upon which NASSCOM depends for low-paid labor remain undisturbed. In particular, the group asked the president to stay his hand from touching H-1B and L-1 visas.
The visa worker lobby has friends in high places. While nearly 40 million Americans were unemployed in May, Republicans in the House and Senate sent letters to the president, “urging the continued, uninterrupted operation” of a variety of visa worker programs. Trump ultimately suspended them through the end of the year.-- More...
