Birthright Citizenship Ban Could Hit 300K Tech Guestworkers

U.S.-born children of 300,000-plus Indian skilled workers may forever be blocked from becoming citizens if President Donald Trump makes good on a promise to end birthright citizenship by executive order. The reverberations could affect some major U.S. employers, especially in high-tech.

Blocking the children of foreign nationals on temporary visas from automatic citizenship could cause many workers to flee the U.S. and leave businesses without needed talent in industries such as tech and health care.

Should the U.S. Supreme Court uphold such an order, the children of foreign workers would be eligible for temporary visas as dependents of the workers, ...