In the days following a Trump administration announcement declaring most green card applicants would have to return to their countries of origin, America’s business leaders — including from the tech and artificial intelligence industries — privately warned the White House and other Trump officials that the policy would harm their workforces.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) guidelines announced on May 22 instruct foreign visitors to apply for a permanent status in their home countries “except in extraordinary circumstances.” But the guidelines offered few details about who would be targeted, potentially impacting hundreds of thousands of people.
In the ensuing days, multiple private discussions over the phone and email took place among prominent businesses, industry groups and CEOs with the White House and the departments of Homeland Security, Labor and State, according to three people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to relay private conversations. {snip}
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was among industry groups that pressed administration officials for further guidance and warned of the harms to their workforce last week, according to one of the people. The tech industry expressed concerns to the White House, according to one of the other people.
Then, late last week, the administration veered sharply in its messaging. USCIS officials privately reassured business leaders in a meeting that most work visas would not be impacted, according to one of the people. The agency also clarified to reporters that most immigrants seeking permanent residency would not have to leave the country, although officials have yet to issue any formal guidance saying so.
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Meanwhile, business leaders said they were only partially appeased by the softened stance, because the administration has not yet issued official guidance detailing who would be impacted. Lawyers representing major employers said they are in a wait-and-see mode.
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