South Bay Rep. Sam Liccardo gathered education leaders, business executives, international students and DACA recipients at Foothill College on Wednesday to push back against a wave of Trump administration immigration policies he said are dismantling Silicon Valley’s competitive edge.
Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San José, called out three specific Trump administration policies: a proposed four-year cap on the duration of status for international students on F-1 and J-1 visas, potentially forcing some green card applicants to leave the United States during processing and growing delays in DACA renewal applications that are already costing Bay Area workers their jobs.
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“Donald Trump is pouring liquid Drano over the world’s greatest magnet for human genius,” Liccardo said. “And we’re going to pay the price for generations.”
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