TREE NEWS update: The Trump administration has proposed eliminating the 60-day discretionary grace period that lets H-1B and other foreign workers stay in the US while seeking a new sponsor after losing their jobs. The rule would scrap the accommodation in place since 2017. The Department of Homeland Security says the proposal would cut its administrative burden, while critics argue it shifts responsibility to the State Department and raises costs for employers that dismiss foreign staff.
Trump Plan Would End 60-Day Job-Search Grace Period for H-1B Workers
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The grace period has functioned as a de facto bridge between sponsors, and removing it tightens the link between employment and immigration status in a way that reaches well beyond tech. The practical burden falls on employers, who would absorb relocation and re-sponsorship costs when they cut foreign staff, and on workers whose runway to find a new sponsor shrinks. Whether DHS's administrative-burden rationale holds up against those costs — and whether the proposal survives the comment process — is the open question.
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