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USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by throwayit »

harmlessposter wrote: post #14

Time for companies to hire Americans and train Americans rather than attempting to suppress wages.

Do you believe that this will actually force corporations to not suppress wages? Even if the H-1 program is disbanded, corporations have many options to cut workforce expenses, including offshoring. Not to mention that healthcare cost rises are one of the key factors that are limiting wage growth: http://www.epi.org/publication/ib218/

Neither the Republicans or Democrats are addressing the systematic issues with wage growth in America.

Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by sjy »

cyphar wrote: post #65
angersock wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> clean the water he drank for 24 years, I mean, arguably neither did the Chinese, depending on where you are and how much they've let pollution occur in that area. I think you are grossly overestimating both the value of these immigrants (it isn't hard to see how much garbage science gets published abroad and how useless a good chunk of international students are) and the entire mechanism for technological improveme…

> it isn't hard to see how much garbage science and how useless a good chunk of international students are That statement is true of any group of students, international or local. On the other hand, there are good international students (and there are good local students). Is there any reason why you think the ratio isn't the same (in fact, you'd think that the ratio of good international students would be higher bec…

This is not entirely accurate because most Australian domestic university students have their fees heavily subsidised by the federal government, which is why they are called 'HECS-HELP contributions' and not fees. After taking into account government grants (including those made on account of domestic students' fees) and other sources of income international student fees make up less than 20% of university income on average – see slide 35 on this 'data snapshot': https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/ArticleDocuments/16...

Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by EdSharkey »

damnyou wrote: post #40

Ah yes, gotta love H-1B threads. The latent nativism among the Hacker News crowd is laid bare. Here's a radical proposal: give anyone with a clean criminal record and a job offer a green card. No limits, no $100k minimum wage, no protectionism. If you, with all the advantages that natives get (networks, language, NETWORKS), can be beat by an immigrant with zero social connections, you probably are worth less than you…

I just don't like to see people made into indentured servants. Here's my radical proposal: let H1B's change jobs once a year, as long as they're employed somewhere in the industry they're here for and their visa hasn't expired, they can stay. "Sponsoring" companies should not be allowed to keep slaves.

I don't think your radical proposal makes much sense. What's the benefit to a country to basically throw its borders wide open?

Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by asfsa »

Serious question here: Why not get rid of the closed number and charge a 100% immigration tax to the employer?

Cheap labor would be priced out unless American really cant substitute the imported labor. Employers would encourage employees to get a green card (as opposed to doing everything in their power to keep them chained to the H1B)

What are the negatives (except for the obvious problems of taxes, of course)

Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by rrhd »

andonisus wrote: post #179
rrhd wrote: post #129

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Why shouldn't they do that? If I have a bunch of people to keep them on track then hiring the cheapest workers who can do the job sounds like good business.

Because we would like our country to prefer our own citizens for such jobs, when possible.

Okay, hire 23 year old americans instead of 40 year old americans.

Still not seeing why it's wrong.

Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by raitom »

Young french software engineer here. I was an intern with a J1 for a year in a company in san diego. I'm working remotely since last february.

My H1B got picked in the lotery but I received an RFE early august. I had to write a ton of technical doc about my job and the system I work on. The documents were submitted mid-october. I received my approval last week.

I guess if your application is legit you don't have much to fear about getting an RFE.

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Post by dominotw »

Terr_ wrote: post #64
jmspring wrote: post #35

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It doesn't even sound particularly fluffed up. Most new grads that took a database course would probably fit that description. There are plenty of people qualified around.

The way I read it, stuff like "knows multiple programming languages" is intended to sound impressive to readers who don't know any. I'm just assuming that somebody in the chain that produced this article deliberately sought to make the job sound more selective and prestigious than it really is.

Yea general public thinks of programming languages in terms of human languages.

Learning one is super hard, learning two is almost impossible.

Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by rrhd »

dmix wrote: post #167
rrhd wrote: post #121

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> Trump has repeatedly called for a Canadian or Australian style skills-based immigration system to replace chain and quota-based immigration coupled with slashing immigration in general.

That's because 64% of people currently coming into the US get in because they are relatives or family of another person who was given a green card. Only 15% of people come in due to skill or a job. The bill would change the system to be more about skill/merit rather than the fact you are related by blood to someone who has skill. The reduction in numbers is a side effect of the current ratios of the existing system.…

The bill he endorsed switches to merit based immigration and cuts the number of green cards given out in half.

Re: USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications

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Post by dmix »

giobox wrote: post #170
dmix wrote: post #141

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> The problem is arguably whether you trust Trump to actually do what he says Is Trump even the one doing it? I thought this was the job of congress?... this seems well out of the scope of an executive order. Hopefully they do end up copying Canada/Australia directly because they've both performed really well and there is plenty of data there to support it. Instead of the usual series of minor bandaids on top of the…

Given final say on any bill rests with Trump himself (signature/veto when it reaches his desk etc), I'm not sure this distinction matters all that much. At any rate, the president is entirely free to propose a bill, and assuming he can find a congress person to back it (I'm guessing he knows a guy who knows a guy...), can have introduced in Congress. Even if Trump's team doesn't draft a new bill, the lobbying power o…

It still has to first pass the hundreds of eyes in congress, that's the primary challenge of any bill. Vetoing is relatively rare and I doubt he would veto an immigration bill coming from a republican-majority congress...

That said, I never said he had zero influence, but having influence on a congressional bill is a far cry from implying he wrote and proposed it himself.

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