SAN FRANCISCO — The torrent of drastic changes to immigration law—including a draft proposal of an executive order to restructure and possibly rescind entire worker visa programs—has sent Silicon Valley tech companies into a frenzy, seeking legal help for a multitude of questions.

“Pretty much all of our clients are concerned about what’s been happening since Friday and about the additional leaked memos,” said Stacey Gartland, partner at San Francisco-based immigration and employment firm Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale. “I’m getting between four and five hundred emails a day asking about this kind of thing.”

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