I wish he would do the same for financial-sector jobs; what happened in tech is now happening there as well. After 9/11 there were job losses in that sector, but many jobs were also being given to Asians as well. A friend near Philly described the same dynamic at work there; concerted efforts to replace Americans with Asians. It has changed whole middle-class neighborhoods here in NJ, and done the same by Philly.
For the opposing view:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/immigration-visa-h1b-trump-.html
“My two requests for evidence asked me to prove my job was a “specialty occupation” — that is, work that only someone with a bachelor’s degree or higher can do. My work involves artificial intelligence and big data, and my letters of support came from an authority in my industry and veteran start-up investor, and a Nobel Prize winner. But it wasn’t enough to convince the government that my job requires advanced skills.”
Great, but I could have used this in 2001 and after. A little late now, but go for it, Donald!
The dems wanted them in for votes. The repubs wanted them to reward corporate interests. Both parties “vowed” to do something about it, and never intended to change anything. Both parties are hypocritical liars.
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Being an expat living in Thailand what I am seeing is that those that apply legally are being approved!!!!!
As opposed to my wife applying for a tourist visa and being denied.
So wow, apply legally and get approved, as opposed to enter illegally and get approved while others trying to legally enter are disapproved.
Go Trump!!!!!
Long been a dream of mine to see this implemented. I’ve been in I/T for almost 40 years and have seen this abuse. Companies, with a consultant’s help, will claim a job is difficult to fill. In truth, people with those skills have been laid off by the thousands and are out there; The companies are lying to lower their costs. About time someone called them on it.
Great news. I am tired of American tech workers being sold down the Ganges by congress.
We are flooded with H1-Bs in Phoenix and they are vastly outnumbering employed Americans in every major IT shop. I know as one of the survivors and from contacts in other shops. It is disgusting to think that each new hire takes the job away from a qualified American. American jobs should be prioritized for American citizens and any position given to an H1-B should be subject to scrutiny at a national level, perhaps giving a chance for American citizens from other states to apply first. I would just as soon see the program shut down in entirety until business is compelled to find American labor.
Trump has done absolutely nothing to reduce the current quota for H-1B visas.
What Trump has allegedly done is increased the scrutiny that H-1B visa applications receive.
And, Trump has allegedly increased the scrutiny for H-1B renewals, which previously received an automatic renewal each year for five years.
If the final H-1B numbers for 2017 have actually decreased from 2016, then bravo! If not, then Trump’s extra scrutiny policy is a political stunt.
The author’s link to a WSJ article is behind a pay wall, so I could not read it.
If there was important information in that link, I apologize for not knowing about it.