Tech vs. Trump war over immigration intensifies

jaylove16 · 02-07-2017, 01:37 AM

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In recent days, prominent Republicans have urged tech leaders to hold their fire. On stage before an audience of tech engineers in Washington, for example, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy urged the industry to give Trump the "benefit of the doubt" on the order. Days later, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) — who advised Trump as part of his transition team — attributed the tech industry's opposition to the fact it "probably don’t understand"

The Trump administration has contemplated a second executive order — circulating among Washington insiders — that could greatly restrict how the tech industry obtains H-1Bs. Others in tech fear Trump might cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, clouding the fate of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents who had been allowed to stay and work under the Obama administration.

If either occurs, “You can expect to see a similar response if there are [executive orders] that are just as bad and target different aspects of the immigration regime,” said Evan Engstrom, the leader of Engine, a nonprofit that helped organize startups' forthcoming letter.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...-valley-234713