‘Visa abuse was what was necessary to create the biggest American companies': Ex-AWS techie defends immigrant workforce
Ex-Amazon Web Services employee Daniel Vassallo has defended immigrant talent in the US technology industry, saying an immigrant-heavy workforce helped build major American companies.
Former Amazon Web Services employee Daniel Vassallo has defended the role of immigrant workers in building some of America's biggest technology companies, arguing that the presence of foreign talent was essential for their growth. Vassallo, who was associated with Amazon for over eight years, noted that at the AWS organisation he joined in Seattle, the majority of employees were immigrants, with a ratio of approximately 20:1.
He wrote on X that this "visa abuse" was necessary to create the biggest American companies in history, and credited the Seattle metro area's wealth to this system. The suspension of several major IT outsourcing companies, including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini, from the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) by the US Department of Labor is partly in response to criticism over the use of employment-based immigration programs by technology companies.
However, the suspension does not automatically mean employees lose their existing H-1B visas or green cards.
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