Layoffs strip away tech worker visas along with jobs

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 11, 2023 12:08 am

SAN FRANCISCO, California: Laid off US tech workers from abroad on employment-based visas are scrambling to find new jobs to avoid being forced to uproot their lives and leave the country.

More than 150,000 US-based tech jobs have disappeared in recent months, delivering an economic blow to Silicon Valley not seen since the Dot-com bubble collapsed in the early 2000s.

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