Business
Which immigration headlines should you care about?
Foreign-born tech workers shouldn’t panic — or bury their heads in the sand
Newsflash! President Donald Trump is planning to deport naturalized U.S. citizens, force H-1B visa holders to return to their home countries, and revoke the green cards of lawful permanent residents. He also wants to deport the Dreamers and evict millions of other immigrants from the country. Or wait — maybe he’s planning to increase visas for skilled workers, open the door to foreign-born researchers, protect DACA recipients, and — for an encore — bar himself from the United States.
Feel like you’ve got whiplash yet? Welcome to the nerve-wracking world of U.S. immigration policy — a strange place at the best of times but one made all the more confusing by the weaponization of immigration issues for political gain and the media’s continuing failure to cut through the spin.
Tech workers are better prepared than most to cope with a torrent of torrid immigration headlines, continuously amplified and distorted by Twitter rumors, Slack chatter, and credulous Facebook reposts. Still, the sheer volume of immigration news makes it hard to know what to pay attention to — and with 71 percent of Silicon Valley’s techies born outside the United States, this isn’t simply a theoretical problem. If you, your loved ones, colleagues, or staff are immigrants, then you need to learn to separate the signal from the noise.
So how can you tell the real deal from the real fake news? There’s no simple answer, but to keep you safe — and keep your heart rate in check — here are a few ground rules to help you figure out which headlines are worth taking seriously:
Whose headline is it anyway?
-
Business7 days ago
Checkfirst raises $1.5M pre-seed, applying AI to remote inspections and audits
-
Business5 days ago
AI chip startup DEEPX secures $80M Series C at a $529M valuation
-
Entertainment4 days ago
Jinkx Monsoon promises ‘the queerest season of ‘Doctor Who’ you’ve ever seen!’
-
Business4 days ago
StrictlyVC London welcomes Phoenix Court and WEX
-
Business6 days ago
Retell AI lets businesses build ‘voice agents’ to answer phone calls
-
Entertainment4 days ago
How to watch every ‘Law and Order’ online in 2024
-
Entertainment4 days ago
BookTok and teens: What parents need to know
-
Entertainment5 days ago
'House of the Dragon' recap: Every death, ranked by gruesomeness