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I'm not a US citizen, but you might find that most US citizens would prefer their government to prioritize the interests of US citizens over foreign nationals. Just as I would expect my home country's government to prioritize the interests of its citizens over foreigners.
> interests of US citizens The people who own businesses are US citizens.
I remember watching the company I worked for in California lay off Americans and replace them with Indians. For all the talk about “prevailing wage” and “shortage of talent,” I just remember seeing it with my own eyes. One guy worked there till he was in his 60’s, built the company’s entire software, yet was kicked to the curb.
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> For example, without undocumented immigrants, milk would be a lot more expensive ( https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/magazine/milk-industry-un ...). The current election is showing us quite starkly how significant grocery staple prices are in shaping public perception of a nation's economic health. This strikes me as a bit tone deaf. These people are paid slave wages to do this work. They have unsafe housing condi…
Are you saying American voters are tone deaf for prioritizing food availability over ethical sourcing of food? I mean sure, but I don't think that judgement has any consequence unless anyone grabs a soapbox and starts chastising people for wanting cheaper food. I haven't seen any of the candidates do that yet.
We all know where our laptops and smartphones come from and the questionable-at-best labor practices associated with them, and nearly all of us continue to use them.
(To be clear, I’m no better. If a smartphone was released that was controversy-free but cost twice as much, I doubt I would buy it.)
I think food prices would be the same. People would complain about (and vote around) the prices rising, even if the higher prices were the result of more ethical labor laws.
I’m not saying that we shouldn’t fix bad labor practices, I’m just saying that people will invariably be hypocritical about it.
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If you can cheat without consequences, what is the advantage of not cheating.
The solution of course is to fix the asylum process so that applications get reviewed faster not to restrict asylum (that's my view at last) but until that happens, for those who get work authorization based on an asylum application, this is just a temporary fix because at some point, their application will be reviewed and if not valid denied.
When asylum is the low-friction way to enter the country and acquire a legal status, economics suggests fewer people will use the traditional immigration process.
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I had two H1-Bs. The process is completely divorced from reality. The questions and requirements are meaningless. To my eye, there is zero rationality in the process. As far as I can see, the and the only effect of the visa programme is that there is a limited number of visas, and so this acts to prevent businesses from hiring the people they want to hire, and that's not freedom; and in the process of doing so, causi…
Perfectly said. It's so insane that most people don't understand how poorly designed the system is and how much unintended negative consequences it engenders. But ironically it's also the only thing that prevents the number of international students from truly exploding. It's already a travesty that many big name public universities have more people from Shanghai or Mumbai than the next town over. Universities are be…
Why is that a travesty?
I remember watching the company I worked for in California lay off Americans and replace them with Indians. For all the talk about “prevailing wage” and “shortage of talent,” I just remember seeing it with my own eyes. One guy worked there till he was in his 60’s, built the company’s entire software, yet was kicked to the curb.
I wonder why they don't have h1b's for sports teams? Those players get paid an awful lot. Could easily outsource it to someone passing a certification exam and having a fake degree.
I remember watching the company I worked for in California lay off Americans and replace them with Indians. For all the talk about “prevailing wage” and “shortage of talent,” I just remember seeing it with my own eyes. One guy worked there till he was in his 60’s, built the company’s entire software, yet was kicked to the curb.
I worked for Best Buy. Entire teams fired but first had to train the Indian Accenture replacements. Entirely their right to fire us but don’t you dare say there is a “talent shortage.” There is definitely a talent shortage — of talent willing to work for $20/hour. In the jobs I’m seeing now, what used to be $65/hour jobs are now $48/hour. I remember making $90/hour a few years ago — now similar levels one would be ve…
In FY 2021, 66% of approved H-1B beneficiaries earned a master’s degree or higher compared to the 13% of americans with masters degree
Now coming to indians in the USA doing low paid labour - average indian household in USA earns 152,341 vs 74580 of US average.
get your facts right and say thank you to indians for making america great!
I remember watching the company I worked for in California lay off Americans and replace them with Indians. For all the talk about “prevailing wage” and “shortage of talent,” I just remember seeing it with my own eyes. One guy worked there till he was in his 60’s, built the company’s entire software, yet was kicked to the curb.
What options are available for an EU national who wants to start a U.S.-based company and relocate there but doesn’t have the capital required for an E-2 visa?
Let’s assume they start a U.S. company while staying in the EU, and the company is generating significant revenue. From what I understand, the E-2 visa requires the investment to come from the entrepreneur’s personal funds. While they could pay out dividends and reinvest them to meet this requirement, this feels like an odd hack (it might also take much longer depending on when the financial year ends). Is there a more straightforward way for EU citizens to move to the U.S., given they have a successful U.S.-based startup? How is this done in practice?