Posted on 01/03/2025 5:37:36 AM PST by yesthatjallen
The movement of skilled professionals is an important part of India-U.S. ties and benefits both countries, New Delhi said on Friday amid a debate over H-1B visas on which President-elect Donald Trump and his backer Elon Musk commented recently.
India, known for its massive pool of IT professionals, many of whom work across the world, accounts for the bulk of such visas issued by the United States.
Late last month, Trump said he fully backed the H1B programme for foreign workers opposed by some of his supporters after Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab and SpaceX, vowed to go to "war" to defend it.
India said such visas provided mutual benefits.
"Our countries have a strong and growing economic and technological partnership and within this ambit, mobility of skilled professionals is an important component," India's foreign ministry spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, told a press conference when asked about the H1B visa discussions in the U.S.
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It's a win-win.
Sod off, Troll.
India sends their surplus poulation to mooch off of the US, while native US citizens lose jobs and mosrly foreign CEOs becime bikionaires off of wage arbitrage.
Well put. Based on personal experience, Americans will do those jobs just fine.
The day is approaching where people who just Program, instead of being Business Analysts or Subject Matter Experts who also code, will go the way of the Dodo Bird.
With the advent of AI, even knowing code will give way to knowing how to prompt.
The prompt will be the new code. If the world holds together the future is going to be interesting (to say the least).
It certainly helps India, but not us, because we re not getting the best & brightest at all. We are getting indentured servants that benefit business only with lower wages.
I hope you are being sarcastic, because that is not true at all.
Nevermind the f’d up coding that we have to fix. Got enough problems without adding to the mix.
Well if you can’t trust an Indian who can you trust ?
They fire Americans and plug these modern day coolies in. We lose jobs and the new new employees are thrilled to censor our speech and America gains a few million more America hating pagans.
And they show contempt for everything American.
Lose lose.
NO western culture needs Infinite Indians.
Only for rote coding.
Anything beyond the trivial and AIf’s it uo like Joe Biden.
No western culture needs any Indians.
lies, because countries do not willingly give up their best and brightest and it does not help the USA at all. language understanding differences causing accidents, problems, drain on other resources, cultural differences changing communities many times not in helpful ways, etc etc etc more people costs more money. So no matter what momentary benefit a business thinks it’s having, it’s really just more expense to the overall community which if the business doesn’t foot the bill, the residents end up with it.
Agreed.
Importing cheap labor is only making the situation worse by depressing wages and opportunities in the industry.
Also, stripping human capital from developing nations is immoral
Asian Indian Americans voted 80% to reelect Barack Obama in 2012.
Asian Indian Americans voted 78% to elect Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The 2020 election AIA percentage is behind a Pay Wall.
Unfortunately, "the best skilled professionals from India" simply replace average and above average native born STEM Americans.
Asian Indian H1B professionals seeking Green Cards agree to work harder and for less money than native born STEM Americans with similar skills.
Incidentally, licensed medical doctors and dentists - from ALL countries - receive an automatic Green Card when they move to the USA.
“The movement of skilled professionals is an important part of India-U.S. ties and benefits both countries”
It certainly doesn’t benefit American skilled professionals.
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