LinkedIn Founder Warns U.S Green Card Rule Will Hurt Tech Jobs | U.S Immigration

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[00:00:00]A new immigration policy linked to the green card applications is now triggering strong backlash from top tech leaders, raising serious concerns about the impact on talent, innovation, and the future of American tech industry.

[00:00:14]The Trump administration's new rule requires many green card applicants to apply from their home country instead of completing the US process while staying in the United States itself. Now, officials say that this move is aimed at tightening immigration control and then reducing the misuse of the system. But, this decision has now quickly drawn the criticism from some of the biggest names in the tech world. Reid Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn, questioned the policy and warned that it could disrupt the ongoing work in the critical fields.

[00:00:48]He asked whether the AI researchers, students, and employees will now be forced out of the US and wait through the long backlogs waiting continuing for their work. He also called it a very harmful move for the technology, business, and the country's overall similarity.

[00:01:05]Now, Andrew Ng, the co-founder of the Coursera, strongly criticized the decision, calling it a capacious attack on the legal immigration. He said that the rule could now hurt families and reduce the number of doctors, tech leaders, teachers, scientists in the United States. He also warned that America's competitiveness in the artificial intelligence could now suffer because of this rule.

[00:01:30]Now, let's talk about Garry Tan, head of startup accelerator Y Combinator. He also called the policy bad and misguided. [music] Saying that the United States need the skilled global talent inside the country to build the future technologies and successful companies.

[00:01:47]While on the other hand, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, or what we call USCIS, defended the policy.

[00:01:53][music] A A said that the system is being designed to follow the legal intent more strictly and reduce the loopholes. According to USCIS, requiring applicants to apply from their home country helps reduce the illegal overstays and improves enforcement efficiency. Well, the agency also clarified that green cards for the individuals already inside the US will now only be granted in exceptional or extraordinary circumstances.

[00:02:23]Well, this policy shift has opened a wider debate in America between tightening immigration enforcement and now maintaining the flow of skilled global workers who contribute heavily to the sectors like artificial intelligence, health care, and research.

[00:02:38]Now, the criticism grows from the tech industry. The bigger question now is whether this move will actually strengthen the immigration control or slow down the America's innovation engine at the time when global competition is rising fast.