Hundreds of Twitter employees on H-1B visas fear being deported if Elon Musk fires them
Ryan Hogg
12 hours ago
Elon Musk is laying off thousands of Twitter workers.
https://www.businessinsider.com/hundreds...=true&r=US&IR=T

Hundreds of Twitter employees on special visas could be deported after Elon Musk's job cuts.
He cut thousands of jobs with the mass layoffs equating to as much as half of the company workforce.
A Forbes report suggests nearly 700 Twitter employees were on H-1B employment-tied visas.

Elon Musk's cost-cutting plans may have left hundreds of Twitter employees on high-skill work visas on a countdown to deportation.

At least 250 Twitter workers appear to be employed on H-1B visas, according to official records, and now face an uncertain future.

And according to analysis of US Citizenship and Immigration Services data by the National Foundation for American Policy, that number could be as high as 670, or 8% of the company pre-cuts, Forbes reported.

Musk began culling the social-media giant's workforce on Thursday night, Insider reported, with access to work applications like Slack suddenly cut off for many now-former employees.

About half of Twitter's workforce, or about 3,700 people, are expected to have lost their jobs, per Insider. But for some of these workers, the consequences could be even more severe.

According to data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Twitter has given "initial approval" to 168 H-1B visas since 2020. The company has received approval for 673 such visas since 2009.

Companies give H-1B visas to people from other countries with "highly specialized knowledge" and a relevant bachelor's degree, per USCIS. They are intended to last for three years, but can go up to six.

If sponsored employment is lost, a migrant has 60 days to find a new job before facing deportation. The US allows 65,000 successful applications a year. Workers on H-1B visas are able to stay in the US if they can find new employment, according to "portability" rules.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

I don't know if Musk is responsible for this too:


Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week
Social-media company’s planned cuts expected to affect many thousands of its workforce
Meta’s planned layoffs would be the first broad head-count reductions to occur in the company’s 18-year history.
By Jeff Horwitz and Salvador Rodriguez
Updated Nov. 6, 2022 5:14 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-is-pre...767794?mod=e2tw


Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be the largest round in a recent spate of tech job cuts after the industry’s rapid growth during the pandemic.

The layoffs are expected to affect many thousands of employees and an announcement is planned to come as soon as Wednesday, according to the people. Meta reported more than 87,000 employees at the end of September. Company officials already told employees to cancel nonessential travel beginning this week, the people said.-- excerpt, rest at link above --