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See my comment above. I recall Gates or other reliable source stating this information and it made sense, because for me, Seattle is boring, boring.
So basically you hate Seattle so you are going to keep pushing this narrative?
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> "Why not stay in Albuquerque then?" Couldn't find the tech talent there. > "which has a top-ranked Computer Science program" You do realize this was 40 years ago and as I had already pointed out, things change? Those that have watched the Arthur C. Clark & Stanley Kubrick movie, "2001 A Space Odyssey" know that HAL was created in Urbana, Illinois, home of the Univ of Illinois which is one of the top engineering and…
> I saw it from a reliable source Yet you can't clarify where this source came from or provide any reference to it. This is worse than hearsay.
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>>President Obama even allowed spouses of H1-B to work, displacing and lowering wages of yet more American workers. You need to be more informed. Not any H1-B spouse is allowed to work. That provision was created as a bandaid fix to alleviate the problems of people (mostly Indian and Chinese) who have to endure a decade+ long wait to get a green card (due to the stupid EB country cap limits). While that wait continue…
Spouses of L and J visa holders are able to work; and as you said, 860K immigrants are added to the system every year. I don't quite understand the grief over spouses of H visa holders from India and China being allowed to work legally. The family, by then, have filed for a green card, made clear indication of wanting to immigrate to the country and are not allowed to do so only because of unfair per-country quota li…
I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it.
How will the government assess who has the top skills? Considering that the industry has a hard time doing this in fairly intensive interview processes, I can't imagine the government will fare as well or better. I, cynically, assume they're just going to be like "PHD is better than masters, is better than bachelor's" etc.
Its actually pretty easy in the US.. Pay! If they aren't being paid in the top 1% then its unlikely they are producing that way. That is why like many things, I think a more "free market" solution here is in order. A requirement for a H1B should be an extreme salary band. That proves that they are actually exceptional, while simultaneously discouraging companies from using them for cheap labor.
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Spouses of L and J visa holders are able to work; and as you said, 860K immigrants are added to the system every year. I don't quite understand the grief over spouses of H visa holders from India and China being allowed to work legally. The family, by then, have filed for a green card, made clear indication of wanting to immigrate to the country and are not allowed to do so only because of unfair per-country quota li…
Passing the bill means more importation of cheap labor effectively lower wages while displacing Americans from working in America. I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it.
> I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it.
I don't mean to be snarky, but you really need to educate yourself on these issues better before commenting here.
The bill does nothing to increase the number of H-1Bs, nor reduce the enforcement of existing H-1B regulations. All it does it remove the long (decade+) backlogs for skilled immigrants from India and China.
So, in summary, this bill does not have any effect on your stated position - enforcing the H1-B Visa law.
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You're right, I do appreciate facts. But you still haven't provided a source for your claim. Unless you do so, it seems like you're producing a mixture of facts, opinions, and speculation, and calling them all facts.
See my comment above. I recall Gates or other reliable source stating this information and it made sense, because for me, Seattle is boring, boring.
Did Seattle rain in your coffee or something?
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My very good friend is Indian on H1B. In the last 10 years he has had 4 jobs and is making >200k/yr base. I know white people that are in the same job for 10+ years and can't get another job because their skills degraded. H1Bs have mobility and great wages, if you're good, just like citizens.
I respectfully disagree with that. Maybe your friend wanted to do a startup where he owned the majority voting control in the startup. You can't do it on H1. Maybe he wanted to go meet his family but couldn't because his visa renewal was going on. Maybe he wanted a great opportunity, but the company wasn't setup to do H1 paperwork. H1 was expected to be a temporary state. If you are on H1 and not from India or China…
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See my comment above. I recall Gates or other reliable source stating this information and it made sense, because for me, Seattle is boring, boring.
Cool story. Maybe we have different ideas of what proof is... I was hoping for a link to an interview or an article. Did Seattle rain in your coffee or something?
Haha very funny. Starbucks HQ is in Seattle. I do drink Starbucks sometimes.
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Passing the bill means more importation of cheap labor effectively lower wages while displacing Americans from working in America. I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it.
> Passing the bill means more importation of cheap labor effectively lower wages while displacing Americans from working in America. > I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it. I don't mean to be snarky, but you really need to educate yourself on these issues better before commenting here. The bill does nothing to increase the number of H-1B…
The only bill that needs passing is one that rescinds all H1-b visas that don't follow the letter of the law including the Disney H1-b workers that displaced Americans.
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I respectfully disagree with that. Maybe your friend wanted to do a startup where he owned the majority voting control in the startup. You can't do it on H1. Maybe he wanted to go meet his family but couldn't because his visa renewal was going on. Maybe he wanted a great opportunity, but the company wasn't setup to do H1 paperwork. H1 was expected to be a temporary state. If you are on H1 and not from India or China…
H1B is a privilege not a right. You seemed to have done quite well for yourself, more proof that h1b isn't endentured servitude if you're good enough.
Only of my friends, who has a profile very similar to mine just moved to Canada. He was given a Green Card before ever setting his foot there.
Instead US is getting people with really low quality education or fake degree, who are brought here by staffing company. They get paid really low salaries and displace American workers. The current system is encouraging and supporting these companies in taking advantage of the H1B system.
Because there is a lottery every year, best people from across the world do not get a chance to come here on H1 because the quota gets full. If someone decides to move to US on Apr 1st in 2017, they need to wait till Apr 2018 to see if they win the lottery. Even if they win, they can't join till Oct 1st, 2018.
Back in the days, when the quota didn't get full, people could apply at any time and join soon after. If you applied between Oct to Apr, you could join right away. If you applied between Apr-Oct, you could join in October.
It is in US's interest more than any one else to fix the current H1 system. Best among whatever Indians are stuck here in limbo will eventually move somewhere else. Best from whole world do not want to move here on H1 because of the uncertainty. This is not what the system was designed more.
There is a lot more to the story why big companies like contracting to H1 and L1 workers (tax benefits of Capex vs Opex). That story is for another day.