Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
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Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#2Rev Jackson is right. This is well known
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#3Aren't people from other countries more likely to be diverse in terms of education, worldview, language, technical background, and even race than American-born people?
I understand that H1B visas may depress the wages of skilled Americans, perhaps with a disproportionately negative impact on some minorities, but that's not quite the same as 'holding back diversity'.
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#4Link to the article: https://www.americaninno.com/chicago/jesse-jackson-h-1b-visa...
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#5I don't buy it. Asians dominate technology jobs because they dominate college enrollment in science, engineering and CS. To compound this problem, socioeconomic factors also work in their favor as well, since Asians have the highest overall median household income (by a healthy margin).
More diversity in tech starts with more diversity in college programs, which probably starts in high school when students are deciding what to do with their life.
https://www.zippia.com/advice/college-major-distributions-by...
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#6How don't H1B workers provide diversity? These are people from across the world who generally have such different backgrounds and experiences from a group of native-born Americans.
I assume he's talking about diversity of skin color, which seems so shallow to me it's hardly worthy of a response.
Not to mention - is there a university out there that isn't actively trying to recruit skin color diversity? Is there a large company that isn't trying the same?
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#7How don't H1B workers provide diversity? These are people from across the world who generally have such different backgrounds and experiences from a group of native-born Americans. I assume he's talking about diversity of skin color, which seems so shallow to me it's hardly worthy of a response. Not to mention - is there a university out there that isn't actively trying to recruit skin color diversity? Is there a lar…
As with everything else in his purview, Mr. Jackson only sees this issue in black and white.
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#8How don't H1B workers provide diversity? These are people from across the world who generally have such different backgrounds and experiences from a group of native-born Americans. I assume he's talking about diversity of skin color, which seems so shallow to me it's hardly worthy of a response. Not to mention - is there a university out there that isn't actively trying to recruit skin color diversity? Is there a lar…
All colleges, especially graduate schools, are working tirelessly to recruit based on skin-color, as such diversity is now a significant component of the US News Rankings.
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#9Rev Jackson is right. This is well known
for a narrow definition of “diversity”
Re: Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring
#10Every time you file an H1B Visa, you pay something called a ACWIA Fee (“American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998”). For employers who have between 1-25 full-time workers, the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act fee is $750. For employers with 26 or more full-time employees, the fee is $1,500. [1] This fee was established to fund training and education programs administered by the Department of Labor.
As of 2018, there were 420K active H1B visas in the USA. These people need to renew their visas every 3 years (most are Indians and they can never become PR in their lifetime). So that means 300-630 million USD is being added to this fund over a 3 year period.
It would be useful if he could find out where that money went and why isn't it being used to provide scholarships and training to disadvantaged students.