Nasscom slams US move to stop federal agencies from hiring foreign workers

IT industry body Nasscom said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s executive order which prevents federal agencies from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers was based on misperceptions and misinformation.

The order on “Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices with the Interests of American Workers”, signed by Trump on Monday, focuses on review and policy development around the federal contracting and H-1B programme rather than mandating immediate changes, the industry body said in the statement.

The order directs the heads of each federal department and agency to review the use of offshore services as well as temporary foreign labour (H-1Bs,