Washington
Influential lawmakers and representatives of the American IT industry, including Facebook, have opposed the Trump administration’s proposed plan to withdraw work permits to the spouses of H-1B visa holders, a majority of whom are Indian professionals.

“Rescinding this rule and removing tens of thousands of people from the American workforce would be devastating to their families, and would hurt our economy,” Silicon Valley-based FWD.US, founded by top IT firms like Facebook, Google and Microsoft, said in a report on Tuesday. The report also quoted a group of 15 top US lawmakers as saying: “Eliminating this benefit removes a key incentive for highly skilled immigrants to remain here to invest in and grow our economy to the benefit of all Americans”.