Find a new job in 60 days: tech layoffs put immigrant workers on a ticking clock

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Tech workers face widespread layoffs, a hardship notably for immigrants relying on tech companies for work visas. Sukanya Sitthikongsak/Getty Images

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What if you lost your job and had just 60 days to find another one? That is the situation thousands of highly skilled immigrant workers have suddenly found themselves in.

About 50,000 tech workers lost their jobs last month as Meta, Amazon, Twitter and others laid off parts of their workforce.

And a lot of that workforce is made

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