The U.S. is a nation divided over the issue of immigration. But Jason Greer, president of the software engineering company General UI, knows a better way. He is the co-founder… Read More
In the two years since it launched, Boundless has become the top destination for immigrants applying for marriage-based green cards in the United States. Foreign nationals seeking legal status in… Read More
As the United States cracks down on employment-based immigration programs, Canada has been aggressively marketing itself as a friendly alternative for tech companies seeking international talent in the nation’s quest… Read More
It’s harder to get an H-1B visa than it used to be — and the spouses of those who do get approvals could soon lose permission to work in the… Read More
Some of the biggest names in tech sent a letter Monday asking Congressional leaders to come up with a legislative solution for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.… Read More
U.S. immigration law, policy and practices are national, in theory, but where immigrants live can noticeably impact their efforts to become U.S. citizens. That’s the underlying conclusion of a new… Read More
U.S. lawmakers keep trying to make the startup visa happen. On Thursday, Senators Jerry Moran, Mark Warner, Roy Blunt, and Amy Klobuchar reintroduced the Startup Act, which would create… Read More
Here’s a good way to measure the controversy surrounding any political issue: count the number of adjectives and adverbs that reporters and politicians use when they’re talking about it. Immigration… Read More
(Update, Feb. 1: The headline on this story has been corrected to more accurately represent the status of workers eligible for H-1B visas.) Effective April 1, there will be new… Read More
President Donald Trump told H-1B visa holders to “rest assured” because “changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty” to their status in the United States in… Read More
In 2018, President Donald Trump made good on his campaign promise to reshape the U.S. immigration system. While stories of immigrant children separated from their families and military forces deployed… Read More
A Seattle architecture firm is suing the federal government for denying a work visa to one of its employees, an increasingly common practice that has the tech industry reeling. When… Read More
Something remarkable happened in the White House this week, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with President Trump to talk about border security… Read More
An Amazon executive did little to quell suspicion that the company sells its facial recognition software to federal immigration authorities during a public hearing Wednesday. Amazon public policy lead Brian… Read More
Leaders of more than 120 U.S. companies are speaking out against what they see as an effort to dramatically curb legal immigration into the United States without approval from Congress.… Read More
President Donald Trump’s immigration authorities are moving to enact broad changes to a visa that allows American companies to bring international workers to the country. On Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration… Read More
The Department of Justice is pressing charges against the CEO of two Bellevue, Wash., technology staffing firms claiming he faked more than 100 applications for H-1B visas, the type tech… Read More
A federal judge reaffirmed his order that the Trump administration must resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Friday, siding with Microsoft and Princeton University in a lawsuit they… Read More
A coalition of advocacy groups delivered a petition with more than 300,000 signatures to Microsoft’s Redmond campus Thursday. The signatories added their voices to a chorus of hundreds of Microsoft… Read More
Jansi Kumar immigrated from India to the United States in 2016 because of a promise. She would be allowed to work. Her husband was already living in America on an H-1B… Read More
Manny Medina was 20 years old when he came to the United States to pursue opportunities in engineering. “For me, the American Dream is that I could be anybody I… Read More
First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most valuable U.S. tech companies were founded by immigrants or the… Read More
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Reetu Gupta, founder and CEO of Cirkled in, has 20 years of experience in corporate America. In addition to having an MBA and a master’s degree in engineering, Gupta has… Read More
Seattle-area entrepreneur Mina Yoo has been in the United States since 1991, receiving a dual Ph.D. in sociology and business administration from the University of Michigan, working as a University… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump in the legal battle over his authority to restrict immigration from several majority Muslim countries Tuesday. The decision is a blow… Read More
President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending the controversial policy of separating children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday, amid outcry from activists and business leaders. The order… Read More
In a company-wide email to employees Tuesday night, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called the separation of families and children at the U.S.-Mexico border “abhorrent” and “simply cruel and abusive,” but did… Read More
Update: Microsoft CEO calls border policy ‘cruel and abusive,’ says company’s technology isn’t aiding separation of parents and children More than 100 Microsoft employees signed an open letter addressed to… Read More
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