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WASHINGTON—The Trump administration announced an overhaul of the H-1B visa program for high-skilled foreign workers that will require employers to pay H-1B workers significantly higher wages, narrow the types of degrees that could qualify an applicant and shorten the length of visas for certain contract workers.
The changes, introduced by the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security on Tuesday, will likely make it tougher to qualify for one of the coveted visas.
Ken Cuccinelli, the No. 2 official at DHS, said on a news conference call Tuesday that he expects about one-third of H-1B visa applications would be rejected under the new set of rules.
Every Democrat and large numbers of Republicans were owned by the firms that abuse the H-1B rules.
Only President Trump could do this. It should have been done earlier.
Every Democrat and large numbers of Republicans were owned by the firms that abuse the H-1B rules.
Sure. Free market capitalism used to be hip.
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Only President Trump could do this. It should have been done earlier.
If he was serious, he would have done it in 2017, but he didn't because he too is owned by the firms that abuse H1B rules. Aren't you at least little suspicious about the fact that this comes out only weeks before the elections?
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration announced an overhaul of the H-1B visa program for high-skilled foreign workers that will require employers to pay H-1B workers significantly higher wages, narrow the types of degrees that could qualify an applicant and shorten the length of visas for certain contract workers.
The changes, introduced by the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security on Tuesday, will likely make it tougher to qualify for one of the coveted visas.
Ken Cuccinelli, the No. 2 official at DHS, said on a news conference call Tuesday that he expects about one-third of H-1B visa applications would be rejected under the new set of rules.
Trump wanted Congress to amend/change the immigration laws. But like so many important matters, our Congress sucks at doing the business that the people voted them office to actually do.
Now we will see if these liberal tech companies whose CEOs claim to give a crap about the American workers, will refuse to pay a fair wage to Americans, so they'll move some of their business overseas.
Now we will see if these liberal tech companies whose CEOs claim to give a crap about the American workers, will refuse to pay a fair wage to Americans, so they'll move some of their business overseas.
Corporations are very predictable: they will always try to maximize their profits (its why they exist), so when Trump gets involved and uses the strong arm of the government to limit their profits, they will make it their priority to find a solution, and in this case it will probably be to move some of their operations out of the country. Its already happening.
PS I don't know about your claim about what they say about "American worker". They are pretty honest about the fact that their loyalty is with their share holders.
Where do you get the idea that the corporations exist to serve the 'fatherland'? They don't, but when they are successful the "fatherland" benefits from it.
I'm impressed. For me -- this should have been the first step to immigration reform.
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Unfortunately US corporations are already hiring Indians to work remotely from Canada. Who benefits? Canada, since they will pay taxes and spend their money in Canada.
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Good.
Have 2 IT friends that were replaced in H1Bs.
Not sure it will do much as offshoring is still done.
Do you guys have any idea what you're talking about?
I'm guessing you don't.
We are talking about 85,000 visas per year. No, I didn't stutter....85,000.
To add insult to injury, those visas are divided into 5 groups.
First, 20,000 visas are reserved exclusively for PhDs.
Second, 6,800 visas are reserved exclusively for passport holders from Singapore and Chile and no other country. Why? Because the US has a separate bilateral trade agreement with each country that says so.
The story so far...
85,000 H-1 visas are issued. 20,000 are reserved exclusively for PhDs, and 6,800 are reserved under trade agreements leaving a whopping....drum roll please....58,200 visas for foreign workers.
But wait, there's more....
That includes visas for fashion models. Yes, fashion models.
It also includes visas granted under one of two conditions:
1) The US is collaborating with a foreign State on a Defense Department project and that individual needs to travel freely to and from the US or reside in the US for a period of time to facilitate the project; or
2) The Defense Department as a research project and none of the Stu-Tards in the US are smart enough to understand it so people from foreign States who do grasp those concepts have to be imported to work for a period of time or nothing will ever get done.
If you all think 45,000 visas issued to specialty workers are going to crash the US economy and cause high unemployment, might I suggest a crash course in economics.
Do you guys have any idea what you're talking about?
I'm guessing you don't.
Yes, I have dealt with them for the past 25 years.
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If you all think 45,000 visas issued to specialty workers are going to crash the US economy and cause high unemployment......
Those are your words, not mine.
There are 28 million foreign workers in the US. As for H1Bs, there are companies (big ones) where 90% of IT folks are from India. There are companies will have trouble replacing them, and are likely to move operations out of the country, or hire people to work remotely from Canada.
Yes, I have dealt with them for the past 25 years.
Those are your words, not mine.
There are 28 million foreign workers in the US.
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That's very clever propaganda.
There aren't 28 Million H-1B visas.
Reading comprehension helps.
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