Chip Industry Leaders Assail Trump’s Proposed Visa-Rule Changes
President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on unveiled plans on Sept. 19, to overhaul the H-1B visa program.
Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/BloombergSemiconductor industry leaders are warning the Trump administration that a proposed tightening of visa rules risks shrinking a vital talent pool and undermining efforts to expand chip manufacturing in the US.
More than two dozen semiconductor executives — including two unnamed CEOs — have objected to a Department of Homeland Security plan to put stricter limits on the F-1 student visas that serve as a critical pipeline to the tech workforce. Their mostly anonymous comments, ahead of a formal rule-making, joined a total of more than 17,000 submissions from across academia.