Google Boss To Amazon Many Comment On Trump's Policy On Prohibition Of Foreign Workers

JAKARTA - A number of high-ranking technology giants in the United States (US) have criticized President Donald Trump's policy of extending the visa ban for foreign workers until the end of 2020. This policy is considered to worsen the economic recovery conditions in the US.

As reported by Techcrunch, Trump stopped issuing green cards (cards for foreign workers) and temporarily suspended the release of temporary work visas for types H-1B, H-2B, H-4, J-1, and L-1. Various technology companies, including Google-Alphabet, Uber, Twitter and Amazon, reacted to Trump's decision.

CEO of Google-Alphabet, Sundar Pichai in a post on his personal Twitter account was disappointed by this visa ban. Moreover, he is also an immigrant citizen from India.

"Immigration has greatly contributed to the success of the US economy, made (the US) a global leader in technology, and (made) Google what it is today," Pichai wrote, as quoted by VOI, Thursday, June 25.

Not only Pichai, each high-ranking technology company official also expressed some disappointments via Twitter. This is because many talents from these technology companies rely heavily on green cards, especially to bring in talent and highly skilled technicians from around the world.

"Preventing highly skilled professionals from entering this country and contributing to America's economic recovery puts America's global competitiveness at risk," Amazon said in an official statement.

Very much disagree with this action. In my experience, these skillsets are net job creators. Visa reform makes sense, but this is too broad.

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 23, 2020

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk also disagrees with Trump's actions by banning foreign workers from coming to the US. He said the high-level skills that were limited by immigration rules were a barrier to creating jobs in the US.

A Facebook spokesman stated, in fact, the immigration ban will make it difficult for the US economy to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. "President Trump's recent policy is to use the Covid-19 pandemic as justification to limit immigration. In fact, efforts to get high-skilled talent out of the US will making the US economic recovery more difficult, "he said.