Donald Trump dumps on Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg [About H1B Visas]

The Register ^ | 8/17/15 | Simon Sharwood

[markomalley]

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for major reforms to the United States' skilled labour and set himself up in opposition to Mark Zuckerberg.

Trump singled out Zuckerberg with the release of his immigration reform policy that, among other things, details a plan to build a wall between the United States and Mexico.

He also thinks reform of the H-1B visa is necessary, because it makes it cheaper for technology companies to hire migrant workers than to hire American citizens.

The H-1B visa is widely used by US technology companies, especially multinationals, as a way to bring people from their other offices to the USA. The visa is also highly prized by technology professionals around the world because it allows entry as a temporary worker along with one's spouse and children. H1-B visas also makes it possible to apply for permanent residency, or a “green card”.

The US government puts an annual cap on H1-B visas but issues more than 100,000 in most years.

Trump thinks that's too many. Here's his thoughts on the subject:

We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program. More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than eighty percent for its bottom two. Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S., instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas. This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program.

Next comes the swing at a Republican rival:

Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.

Trump's picked on Zuckerberg on the grounds of his leadership of FWD.us, a lobby group that thinks the USA needs more skilled immigration. The group's stated position is that “America’s broken system prevents far too many talented immigrants from fully contributing to our communities and our economy.” The more smart people make it to the USA, the group says, the more jobs will be created for Americans.

The Trump believes the US should instead adopt a “Requirement to hire American workers first” because “Too many visas, like the H-1B, have no such requirement.”

[BigEdLB]

Trump is correct. Next thread.

[hosepipe]

Donald Trump dumps on Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

Did he wipe?..

[albie]

It just gets hotter for the GOP. Now, calling out Trump as crazy is...crazy!

[Company Man]

H-1B ‘immigrants’ are low-paid wage slaves completely beholden to their corporate sponsors.

[Cowboy Bob]

Hey Zuckerberg - Are you saying Americans are too stupid to work for FaceBook?

[albie]

This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program.”

...if Trump can get this point across, maybe some “blacks, Hispanic and female workers” will wake up and realize they’ve been voting against their better interests.

[isthisnickcool]

If foreign coders are so great why is it that an American invented Facebook in the first place?

[4rcane]

theres not a lack of skilled workers, just that big corporations are not willing to increase their salary

[Democrat_media]

The only one again too. Go Trump! He’s calling them all out. Why haven’t the others running done it? The answer should be obvious

100,000 H-1B visas per year already. That's 100,000 votes for liberal causes and socialism. Zuckerberg is an amnesty pimp big donor liberal billionaire.

Rubio and Cruz want to expand H-1B visas tremendously. So they're for putting Americans out of work.

That's a lot of foreigners who will take away our jobs. Who cares if they are programmers from India or whatever. They still vote for liberals. Practically all immigrants legal and illegal vote for socialism here in the USA.

Socialism hurts everyone so why help advance socialism by letting in 3rd world immigrants that will vote for expansion of socialism(government control)? Makes no sense to me.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Worth repeating:

“That’s a lot of foreigners who will take away our jobs. Who cares if they are programmers from India or whatever. They still vote for liberals. Practically all immigrants legal and illegal vote for socialism here in the USA.”

Good post.

[Democrat_media]

Thanks

Trump says he will deport all illegals. That's 30 million less leftists to damage our culture. The others running have not said it so Trump is the only choice as this is the only solution to saving the USA

This is from Trump's immigration paper (The Trump doctrine)

1. A nation without borders is not a nation. There must be a wall across the southern border.

2. A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws passed in accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be enforced.

3. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.

Look at number 3. no other politician running is even for Americans as none are saying this much less making it their doctrine. Trump is Amazing. These 3 should be amendments to the Constitution (all of it added ) and Trumps paper sounds like it should go in the declaration of independence. I never thought I'd see the day when someone running for president would actually be for working Americans and Americans and America instead of for foreigners.

All those 60 or so million illegals and legal immigrants vote for liberal policies and democrats and socialism(see what happened to California).

So that's they the USA has been moving to the left.

[PGalt]

HOORAY Trump

[Wilderness Conservative]

Hope Cruz is listening.

[1010RD]

What about calling him a nationalist?

[expatguy]

Can’t say I don’t enjoy watching Trump kick sand in Zuckerberg’s face

[NoDRodee]

Forcing companies to pay higher wages will just make business move the jobs over-seas.

I prefer to let the free market work as apposed to Big Government forcing business to pay labor higher wages

[ncalburt]

Billionaires giving US job to cheap foreign labor is a huge issue and it's perfect that evil Zuckerberg is getting crushed for his treason.

Trump could ride this topic alone to the WH,

The nightmare destruction by this Soros owned Kenyan Muslim has turned Americans back to nationalism .

The three Gope RNC owned Amigos Walker , Rubio and Bush Are clueless hacks .

American jobs for Americans !

[semimojo]

100,000 H-1B visas per year already. That's 100,000 votes for liberal causes and socialism. Zuckerberg is an amnesty pimp big donor liberal billionaire.

H-1B holders can't vote.

[bray]

This is not the free market it is importing cheap labor and he is exposing a failed education system at the same time.

Pray America is waking