“A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most”, 24 March 2025

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As U.S. President Donald Trump sends mixed signals on the H-1B visa program, Amazon could find itself in a tight spot.

…tech giant has bagged the most H-1B visa approvals each year since 2020, according to data from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services...

In 2024, Amazon Com Services obtained at least 9,265 H-1B visas…

U.S. tech giants have become increasingly dependent on H-1B visas as they “have grown exponentially over these past few years, and they’ve added many more verticals…

The Trump administration is split on the visa program, with key figures like the president’s homeland security adviser and deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, pushing for severe restrictions. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as an informal adviser to Trump, has advocated for its preservation.

Trump has shifted his position on the visa in the past. In 2016, he vowed to “end forever the use of the H-1B as a cheap labor program.” In late 2024, however, he said, “I’ve been a believer in H-1B. … It’s a great program.”

On January 17, the Department of Homeland Security introduced a slew of measures to tighten the H-1B protocol…