The directors of the OpenAI and NVIDIA technological supported the changes of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on visa for qualified H-1B professionals.
Last week, Trump announced that, to obtain such a visa, applicants must make an annual payment of one hundred thousand dollars, a proposal that generates concern, especially between foreign workers and technology companies, since they are the ones that most employ this type of permits in the North American country.
In an interview with the CNBC chain, the CEO of Openai, Sam Altman and the director of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, said they see the change as something positive.
“Immigration is really important for our company and is really important for the future of our nation, and I’m glad to see that President Trump is taking the measures he is taking,” Huang told the American environment.
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For his part, Alman indicated that his company needs the “smarter people” and that he sees with good eyes the changes that lead to speeding up the H-1B process and “establish financial incentives.”
According to the proclamation signed by Trump, the H-1B, a non-immigrant visa that allows US employers to temporarily hire foreigners in specialized occupations, “has been systematically used to replace, instead of complementing, US workers with foreign labor, less qualified and with lower wages.”
The Trump administration accuses companies, especially those of information technologies, of using this visa to “outsourize” its workforce, with the goal of achieving “considerable savings” in salary mass.
With EFE information.
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