US President’s H-1B suspension executive order misguided, harmful for economy: NASSCOM

India’s IT industry body NASSCOM on Tuesday said the executive order by US President Donald Trump towards suspending the immigration and non-immigrant worker visas till the end of 2020 is misguided and harmful to the US economy.

In an official statement, the industry body urged the US administration to shorten the duration of these restrictions to 90 days.

“This new proclamation will prevent our companies and thousands of other organizations from accessing the talent they need from overseas,” the statement by NASSCOM said adding that with very few exceptions, Indian nationals and others who are granted new H-1Bs or L-1s as well as other visa types after 23rd June will not be allowed to enter the United States until the proclamation expires.