The world’s largest companies have lost critical workers and relocated others as Donald Trump’s overhaul of the US immigration system has caused multinationals to reconsider the nation as a global talent hub.
Professional services firms, tech groups and manufacturing conglomerates have found once-routine visa applications face longer wait times and are more likely to be denied — leaving some employees stuck abroad — as the president tries to narrow the pathways for legal immigration.
“It literally feels like the government is giving people trouble intentionally so that they will leave the US permanently,” said one Atlanta-based Indian worker, who has been trying to return to the country for more than a month. US officials rescheduled the worker’s January appointment to 2027.