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A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most. (restofworld.org)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients in 2024.

Amazon workers bagged the highest number of H-1B visas every year between 2020 and 2024.

U.S. companies have grown exponentially and need more IT talent.

Indian IT firms have scaled back H-1B filings amid increased scrutiny.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Ok, no great loss. If they really want to keep hiring, nothing stops them from opening an office where the candidates are. They are multinational companies after all.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They're already doing that. Unless they do something about outsourcing this is a meaningless policy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Exactly, when jobs get outsourced all that money leaves the country and doesn't come back, Asia isn't buying American goods all that much. China is pretty strict about preventing foreign companies from operating in China and India doesn't allow foreign companies to directly do business in India. They have to spin off a profit sharing venture with a local company, that's like 2 billion people right there and now with Trump antagonizing western allies, even Europeans are looking to move away from American businesses.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

If they do that, then they can't threaten them with deportation.

[–] JohnnyCanuck 1 points 4 days ago

I was going to say this is good for Canada, but part of the draw to bring engineers here is the path to the H1B. If there is no H1B end-game, maybe they won't bring them to Canada either.

That said, we have some sizeable offices already established here, so maybe there is still incentive.