1 min read Last Updated : Jul 30 2021 | 1:40 AM IST
More than 90 chief executive officers, including those at Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook, on Thursday urged Congress to pass a law offering a citizenship path to young immigrants brought illegally to the US as children.
In a letter to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, the executives said thousands of the immigrants — known as Dreamers — are “valued employees at our companies,” but a federal judge’s recent ruling against a program protecting them “throws into chaos” their ability to live and work legally in the US.
Bill introduced to bar foreign students from staying after studies
A group of US lawmakers has reintroduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to eliminate a programme that allows foreign students to stay in the country for work after the completion of their studies under certain conditions, a bill if passed into law can affect tens and thousands of Indians studying in this country.