Follow-up stories: Microsoft CEO calls border policy ‘cruel and abusive,’ says company’s technology isn’t aiding separation of parents and children Microsoft employees ask company to cancel contract with ICE in… Read More
Most Pacific Northwesterners spend long, rainy months pining for summer. But Microsoft President Brad Smith is having a hard time celebrating because he sees three clouds on the political horizon.… Read More
The Department of Homeland Security is moving forward with its plan to rescind the International Entrepreneur Rule, which was enacted as a startup visa substitute. And because this is a… Read More
A federal judge sided with Microsoft and Princeton University Tuesday in a lawsuit they filed over President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. U.S.… Read More
Immigration authorities are cracking down on requirements and conditions for H-1B visas, which many employers in the tech industry use to hire skilled talent from other countries. U.S. Citizenship and… Read More
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Amazon was approved for 2,515 visas for foreign-born workers in fiscal year 2017, outpaced by only one other company in the highly competitive H-1B lottery. That’s a 78 percent increase… Read More
Many farmworking jobs are seasonal, short-lived and tricky to find. Seattle-based startup Ganaz hopes to solve those challenges by connecting workers to employers through a platform that also tackles potential language… Read More
A federal judge said he is considering ordering the Department of Homeland Security to revive the “Dreamers” program Wednesday, according to The Washington Post. U.S. District Judge John Bates discussed restarting the… Read More
The number of international students enrolling in American universities is declining for the first time in years, amid volatile shifts in U.S. immigration policy. That’s according to the latest data… Read More
The federal government plans to apply more scrutiny to third-party staffing agencies seeking skilled work visas to bring foreign-born workers into the U.S. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a… Read More
In late November, Saba Mohebpour arrived in Los Angeles from his home in Canada on a temporary visa. He was there as the CEO and co-founder of Spocket, a wholesale e-commerce… Read More
As someone who has spent extensive time in the developing world, Melinda Gates thinks President Donald Trump’s alleged comments on Latin American and African countries are neither appropriate nor accurate.… Read More
Checking into a Motel 6 in Washington could get undocumented immigrants checked out of the country, according to allegations from state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The state is suing Motel 6,… Read More
From political upheaval to natural disasters, 2017 has been a tumultuous year for everyone. But perhaps no group has felt that unrest more acutely than immigrants living in the U.S.… Read More
As Donald Trump’s first full year as president comes into focus, one recurring theme of 2017 is Big Tech’s new relationship with national politics. The shifting dynamic began before the… Read More
Entrepreneurs born outside of the United States can now apply for a new category of temporary residency that would allow them to build their startups in the U.S. U.S. Citizenship… Read More
A clandestine crackdown on a program big companies use to bring international talent to the U.S. is underway, according to Seattle immigration attorney Tahmina Watson. It has to do with… Read More
Remitly marketing manager Lazaro Carrion became a U.S. citizen last year. It took 20 years and two emigrations to achieve that status, in part because the Deferred Action for Childhood… Read More
News Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from six majority-Muslim countries to take full effect as other legal challenges play out. The… Read More
If a company lands on the Fortune 500, there’s a good chance it has a founder who is an immigrant or the child of one. Forty-three percent of businesses that… Read More
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for foreign entrepreneurs to enter the U.S. under the International Entrepreneur Rule, blocking the Trump… Read More
Over the past year, Bob Ferguson has stepped into the media spotlight by repeatedly challenging President Donald Trump on everything from environmental protection to immigration. Immigration, in particular, has put… Read More
Big tech companies are forming a coalition to pressure Congress to provide a path to permanent residency for illegal immigrants who came to this country as children. That’s according to… Read More
Bob Ferguson — the Washington state attorney general who gained notoriety in the tech community by enlisting business to take on President Donald Trump — is optimistic about his latest… Read More
Microsoft President Brad Smith has become a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program that gives so-called “Dreamers,” who arrived in the U.S.… Read More
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is seeking a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s newest executive order restricting travel from eight countries. If that feels like déjà vu, it’s… Read More
Doug Rand probably didn’t know that the play he wrote in high school — “The Idiot and the Oddity,” a parody of the Greek literature being forced upon him at… Read More
With chants of “build the wall” and the pursuit of policies to stem the flow of new immigrants and refugees, the United States seems to be rolling up the welcome… Read More
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Todd Schulte believes, to his core, that the immigration system can be fixed “with one turn of the key” — but even if the solution is simple, it’s… Read More