After the various measures taken by the administration of the American president Donald Trump against immigrants in the country, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and so many other companies have come together again, now in favor of spouses of your employees.
In 2015, under the administration of former President Barack Obama, a program gave work permits to the spouses of highly qualified immigrants, who were in a permanent residency process. Before the program, spouses (mostly women) were unable to work.
O Recode said that, fearing the end of this program in the Trump administration, the big companies (many of which are technology companies, employing several immigrants whose spouses benefit from the program) sent a letter to the current administration, highlighting that “the spouses are ready to work to support their families, contribute to their communities by paying taxes and using their skills to help the United States economy grow. ”
If the program ends, this will have an avalanche of losses, as it affects the family of foreign workers, who may even rethink whether they wish to continue working in the USA, and this would obviously harm the large companies in which they work, contributing to the loss across the board. labor market that ultimately affect the country's economy.
In the letter, the companies explain that it gives the opportunity to American workers, but they cannot ignore those who could contribute a lot to the work, but who are not citizens of the country:
We represent employers committed to the growth of the US economy and creating jobs for American workers. However, we cannot achieve these goals unless companies can recruit and retain more qualified employees.
It is not the first time that large companies have tried to prevent some measures from being taken in relation to immigrants; so it was with their banishment from countries whose population was mostly Muslim, and also with the program of young immigrants. And, as in these cases, companies expect their letter to have a positive effect. If, in fact, this happens, we will only know in time.
via 9to5Mac
