Microsoft, for example, updated the guide for its employees saying that the White House “should guarantee the return home in the United States of our colleagues who currently travel abroad for important events of their life”, as well as those who have planned trips in the future.
Amazon, on the other hand, warned the holders of Visas H-4, which are for spouses and dependent on H-1B visas, which remain in the United States to avoid any complication on their return to the country.
Even Walmart sent a memorandum to his employees where he made it clear that “until the situation and intention of the executive order were clear,” recommended that employees with this type of visa not leave the United States.
According to Rakhel Milstein, a lawyer specialized in migration issues, he said that a “total chaos” is expected during the next few days, in addition to the new policy being immediately challenged in court.
H-1B Visas, Technological Talent Base in the US
The H-1B Visas program is one of the resources that are most used in the technological sector, mainly to attract qualified foreign talent and is helped by companies such as Amazon, TCS, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Google, among others.
Every year, companies present visa requests before March and thus be ready for a lottery in April. The number of work visas available is 65,000, in addition to 20,000 for those who wish to do a master’s degree in the country. Only in 2025 more than 470,000 applications were submitted.
According to data from the United States citizenship and immigration service between 2009 and June 2025, Amazon is the technological company with the most employees with Visa H-1B, with 10,044. It is followed by TCS (5,505), then is Microsoft (5,189), goal (5,123), Apple (4,202) and Google (4,181).
According to Trump’s executive order, this measure seeks to go around the “systematic abuse of the program” that caused problems in its safety and economy, by promoting a disadvantageous labor market for US citizens, especially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics industries (Stem).
On Friday, after the order was announced, journalists questioned the president about whether technology executives would be worried about the measure, but the president did not give an answer about it.
