 "Trump's controversial visa order: US dependence on foreign workers")
Tech companies, which depend on foreign guest workers for workforce, according to the US Labor Department, will be left vulnerable if the Trump administration tightens a visa programme for skilled workers. However, Silicon Valley titans tend to pay guest workers a higher wage than the outsourcing companies that most heavily rely on the programme, which could work to their benefit. Here is a look:
* Foreign workers on H1b visas make up more than 15% of the workforce
* Foreign workers on H1b visas make up less than 15% of the workforce
* Foreign workers on H1b visas make up more than 15% of the workforce
* Foreign workers on H1b visas make up less than 15% of the workforce
Source: Reuters
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