.. some of those homless probably trained their replacements 
Posted on 01/18/2025 11:32:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
H-1B visas are a special type of visa that allow American companies to easily bring in skilled workers from other countries. They were introduced in 1990, but since 2004, they’ve been capped.
President Trump, who has historically been in favor of tighter immigration restrictions, has recently implied support for the program. Since then, there has been a fierce and unavoidable public debate about the issue.
But why is this seemingly small program so controversial, and what’s really at the heart of this issue?
H-1B visas were designed to help American companies hire employees of exceptional skill in certain occupations from other countries. In order to qualify for this type of visa, an American employer must sponsor a specific employee and take care of the necessary paperwork. The employee must have specialized knowledge and skills, requiring at least a bachelor's degree, and must hypothetically qualify for a skilled position.
Since there is a cap on the number of H-1B visas that can be distributed annually, there is a lottery system in place to facilitate excess demand. If there are more applications than are allowed, applications are randomly selected to move forward. This visa is active for three years initially, but it can be extended in many cases. Typically, people with this type of visa ultimately intend to immigrate permanently.
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This is part of the cheap labor express.
.. some of those homless probably trained their replacements
“H-1B visas were designed to help American companies...
not necessarily Americans. And therein lies the problem.”
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I respectfully disagree. The top level employees and jobs are NOT commodities, like hourly factory workers (though, God bless them and their families).
The top level people CREATE jobs and CREATE wealth through their hard work and innovation. We need them in the US to HELP our country. How many jobs did Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy create? They didn’t take jobs away - they CREATED thousands and thousands of good paying jobs with benefits for hard working Americans and their families.
Should there be a reasonable limit? Yes. But it is foolish and outright bigoted to think for a nanosecond that the allowed number of H1B’s should be zero.
The article argues there’s a cap in the number.
Data shows something quite different:
To start with, this program is MASSIVELY popular with employers. The program has a statutory limit of 85,000 visas per year, but employers routinely receive approval for more than 800k applications per year (868k, or 10x the limit, in 2024).
https://x.com/RobertMSterling/status/1873174742129361084
The first H1-B visas were slave ships.
Your photos depict an immigration issue that has little or nothing to do with H1B’s.
Two separate and distinct issues.
Vivek is from Cincinnati.
How many of these unhappy campers are software engineers, data scientists, chip designers, registered nurses, etc.?
B-1B workers should carry a 15% premium on their salary compared to an American worker. If they’re really that essential companies will pay it gladly.
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People want high performing ringers. What pisses people off are the high number of mediocre and low skill foreign workers who just displace normal mediocre Americans. That’s the racism that everyone sees. The intensity of the anger is further exacerbated when Americans have to train their foreign born replacements so companies can pay the foreign born less. That’s been going on for decades. This practice has bred a cold anger in Americans.
you dont.
Americans need jobs that legal immigrants and illegal aliens take.
its the same issue and your ilk damn know it.
gotra ask , are you affiliated in any way with any of the religious ngo’s involved in this slave trade or a business that hires other than Americans ?
if you fail to answer in the negative ill deduce you are.
How many of these unhappy campers are software engineers, data scientists, chip designers, registered nurses, etc.?
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just the ones that trained their foreign replacements.
Why stop at 15 percent?
Back in 1990, the $60,000 minimum wage was aproximately 3x the per-captia GDP. Today’s 3x is around $245,000.
If these scumbag employers want them, they can pay out the nose for the privlidge.
Tech worker Indians are scabs.
You’re either an idiot, a dot, or in a staffing firm profiting from H1-Bs.
Musk himself applied for a bunch of H1-Bs for his companies: for ordinary engineer positions paying $85k - $95k.
Since he is the richest man who ever walked the face of the planet, he doesn’t have a business case for those H1-Bs.
Agreed.
“Political Hypocrisy; Part of the controversy stems from the seeming hypocrisy of president-elect Trump and other political figures. This coalition has consistently spoken out about the immigration crisis, and now seems to be in favor of an open immigration program. However, as we’ve discussed, the H-1B visa program is unique in a number of ways, such that it’s possible to be both opposed to high rates of illegal immigration and in favor of the program.”
Bullcrap....
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