Amid mass layoffs being announced by several companies, the Donald Trump administration came up with a new executive order that directly links layoffs with H-1B hiring. H-1B is a visa program that allows companies to hire skilled workers from foreign countries. It is a common allegation that companies fire their workforce while continuing to hire for H-1B as that would cost them much less. In the new executive order, the government is now telling the agencies to look at an H-1B sponsoring company's layoff record when deciding whether to approve or process H-1B-related applications.
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