Tech giants push to increase skilled immigration under Biden

Big Tech companies such as Google and Microsoft are backing a new initiative to increase the supply of high-skilled labor by calling for the government to allow twice as many work visas to be issued to foreign workers.

The tech giants on Tuesday announced they were supporting the U.S Chamber of Commerce’s new policy initiative called “America Works,” which calls for doubling the cap of employment-based immigrant visas to 280,000 per year and doubling the quota on H-1B visas issued each year for high-tech workers.