‘One of the Best AI Researchers’ Denied Green Card After 12 Years in US [Video]

A Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) researcher who has lived in the United States for 12 years and worked on ChatGPT was denied a green card, according to employees at parent company OpenAI through a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter.

Newsweek reached out to OpenAI and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by email outside of normal business hours on Saturday morning for comment.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump pledged to enact the largest crackdown on immigration in the country’s history, initiating mass deportations that remain mired in legal gridlock amid challenges from various states and legal authorities.

However, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, both initially tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) together, championed a focus on an expansion of programs like the H-1B visa, a temporary, nonimmigrant visa that allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers for seasonal or short-term nonagricultural jobs, to increase the number of …