In late June, the White House introduced a series of new restrictions on visas that allow immigrants to temporarily work in the United States, arguing that the rollback was a result of high unemployment from the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon, Netflix and Twitter also signed on to the court brief. The visas included are L-1 visas for intracompany transfers, H-1Bs for workers in specialty occupations as well as the H-4 visa for spouses, H-2Bs for temporary non-agricultural workers and most J-1 visas for exchange visitors. Many companies depend on these visas to bring in foreign workers. In an amicus brief filed Monday, those companies warned of the repercussions in barring foreign workers from coming to the US.

Source: CNN August 12, 2020 14:48 UTC