US tech companies are by far the biggest beneficiaries of skilled foreign workers

As 2017 draws nearer, the tech industry’s eyes are on President-elect Trump, and how his administration may enact previously suggested policies that seem certain to clash with Silicon Valley’s ideals. Trump’s hardline conservative stance on immigration and foreign labor could result in a major conflict, for one — particularly when it comes to the H-1B visa program, which admits 65,000 workers and 20,000 graduate students from outside the US to work for American companies each year. As th...