Silicon Valley technology firms employing foreign workers are scrambling to allay visa holders’ fears that if they travel outside the country they might not get back in.
“Our clients are pinging us and saying, ‘We’re really worried, we want to support our folks,’ ” said San Francisco lawyer Kelli Duehning of immigration law giant Berry, Appleman & Leiden. “The fear is there.”
Companies in the Bay Area and across the country are enlisting Duehning and others in her legal field to hold online town halls attended by up to hundreds of foreign employees.
“We’re having a lot of conversations now around whether companies want to institute certain policies around travel,” said San Francisco immigration lawyer Maxine Bayley at…
