A former data engineer at Meta reignited the debate over H-1B visas after revealing that the majority of his team at the tech giant in 2017 were foreign workers. Zach Wilson, now the founder of a San Francisco-based data analytics startup, shared on X that during his tenure at Meta, 15 of the 17 engineers on his team were H-1B visa holders.

“When I worked at Meta in 2017, I was on a team of 17 people. 15 of the 17 were on H1B visas. I was one of two Americans on the team, specifically for core growth data engineering,” Wilson wrote on X.

Wilson linked his experience to the impact of recent immigration policy changes, specifically US President Donald Trump ’s newly announced executive order imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa sponsors. He estimated that, under the new rules, his form

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