Neha, whom TIME is referring to under a pseudonym because her separation agreement forbids her from speaking publicly, is one of hundreds of foreign workers who lost their jobs while on the short-term H-1B work visas.That’s a Bad Sign for Your Company, Too Tech companies in particular rely heavily on foreign workers, primarily from India and China, to perform specialized roles in fields like engineering, biotechnology and computer science, requiring work visas to hire them.Go Zeno, a website that aims to provide support through the immigration process, has created a database of individuals urgently seeking new jobs.“Given the macro environment and the holiday season, people are finding it hard.” “When we sign up for the H-1B visa, we know the rules,” says Agrawal, who adds that knowing these parameters doesn’t make the process of finding a new job––or quickly leaving the country––any easier.Those search costs are just wasteful.” Over the weekend, tech workers took to the streets in San Jose, Calif., to protest after a bipartisan bill that proposed, to phase out per-country caps on employment-based immigration visas, was pulled from consideration by U.S. House Democratic leadership before a vote could be held."