Let me put it this way. If you want to restrict #H1B you are effectively saying the only people who can get green cards and citizenship, EVER, are: (1) people who win a lottery (diversity lottery) (2) people who are related to citizens (family-based visas) (3) people who are married or engaged to citizens (spousal visas).

There are no other immigrant visas.

You’re saying anyone who came here to study can fuck off back where they came from unless they marry a citizen.

#Immigration

I’ve been confused at why people keep saying that H-1B workers are low wage workers, because that hasn’t been my experience, but the reality is people are talking about the two extremes of the program and not knowing about the other side of it.

1. Outsourcing companies take maybe 4 out of 10 H-1B visas. These cos negotiate onshore outsourcing to companies. They send lower paid workers here and churn through them. Most people think only of this scenario.

#H1B #Immigration

Another facet to the #H1B issue that seems to have been overlooked thus far is that it effectively allows the US to outsource education and training.

#Trump sides with #Musk on support for #H1B visas for foreign tech workers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/trump-musk-h1b-visas

Remarks follow social media posts from Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who vowed to go to ‘war’ to defend program