San Francisco [US], September 22 (ANI): Former X (formerly Twitter) executive Esther Crawford has pushed back against anti-immigrant rhetoric on X, saying the platform itself owed its survival to H-1B engineers — many from India and China — who worked tirelessly during its takeover and rebranding.
Crawford, who served as Director of Product Management during that period, credited the H-1B workforce with keeping the platform alive. “Twitter/X survived because of H-1B engineers, mostly from India & China. They stayed after the acquisition, worked long hours and solved brutally complex problems alongside American colleagues. When posting anti-immigrant takes, remember: they’re the reason you can tweet at all,” she wrote on X.
Her comments came after US President Donald Trump’s recent H-1B visa proclamation introduced a $100,000 fee on new H-1B applications.
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of Commerce defended the administration’s latest immigration measures and criticized former President Joe Biden for what he described as an unchecked influx of “illegal aliens.” “For the past four years, open-border Democrats endlessly flooded the country with illegal aliens at the expense of hardworking Americans. The Trump administration is completely reversing course on that disastrous agenda. These programs guarantee that recipients who come to work in America must provide significant benefit to our great country. We are ending workers taking jobs away from hardworking Americans and taking advantage of our economy while providing nothing in return. The Trump Card begins to restore our immigration system to its intended purpose: significantly benefitting America,” the Secretary said in an X post.
Separately, the US State Department on Sunday issued further clarification on Trump’s order, debunking false claims about H-1B visa rules. It stressed that the new regulations “do not apply to any previously issued H-1B visas, or any petitions submitted prior to 12:01 am Eastern Daylight Time on September 21, 2025.”
The department also reiterated that the new fee requirement applies only to fresh petitions or lottery entries filed after September 21. Current visa holders and applications submitted before that date remain unaffected. (ANI)
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