Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

npr.org

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 684 posts

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#21

Post by tinyhouse »

bradleyjg wrote: post #11
tinyhouse wrote: post #5

Not clear from the article what this means. Would it impact existing visa holders already in the US? What about those who got an H-1B in this year's lottery? Is their visa canceled or postponed to a later date not known yet? (normally for a given year October is the earliest people can start working on H-1B)

It hasn’t been issued yet, so no way to know for sure but the rumor is that no one will be able to enter (including re-enter) if they fall under the executive order but those in the country in status will not be immediately impacted.

My educated guess is that the majority of this year's H-1B are already in the US. I wonder what it would mean for them.

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#22

Post by awillen »

Forgeties79 wrote: post #4

This has gotten very old very fast (beyond the obvious cruelty). I have several friends who keep watching their colleagues just have to up and leave over this and it’s causing a ton of issues for businesses that employ folks on work visas in general. It’s just disruptive to be disruptive/feed the base.

It's just silly... even if you're a nationalist, isn't the prospect of bringing over talented people from foreign countries to work in America and help our companies profit plus deprive their home countries of their skills a really, really good thing?

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#24

Post by zomglings »

I wonder if they can make an exemption for the tech industry.

Feels like this is just going to accelerate the moves we've seen in the Bay Area towards companies going fully remote.

If this happens, the administration could see a lot of that money just leave the country altogether.

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#25

Post by joelbluminator »

And yet everyone and their mother wanna move there no matter the price paid in uncertainty, pressure and mental health. They could try go to a country with a straight forward immigration process like Canada, but money is more important than anything else to some people.

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#27

Post by WillPostForFood »

iamacyborg wrote: post #15
Cyclone_ wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems kind of silly to say without evidence that it's just to feed the base when there's a valid reason as to why it's being done (to prioritize Americans out of work)

Ah yes, we can expect restaurant staff to soon be working tech jobs.

College graduate unemployment rate is over 8%, up from 2% a few months ago. There are a lot of skilled, educated, unemployed workers right now. I wouldn’t kick out H-1Bs, but no reason take in new ones right now.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CGRA2534

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#28

Post by solarkraft »

awillen wrote: post #22
Forgeties79 wrote: post #4

This has gotten very old very fast (beyond the obvious cruelty). I have several friends who keep watching their colleagues just have to up and leave over this and it’s causing a ton of issues for businesses that employ folks on work visas in general. It’s just disruptive to be disruptive/feed the base.

It's just silly... even if you're a nationalist, isn't the prospect of bringing over talented people from foreign countries to work in America and help our companies profit plus deprive their home countries of their skills a really, really good thing?

> even if you're a nationalist

Not if you're a racist, though.

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#29

Post by vsareto »

awillen wrote: post #22
Forgeties79 wrote: post #4

This has gotten very old very fast (beyond the obvious cruelty). I have several friends who keep watching their colleagues just have to up and leave over this and it’s causing a ton of issues for businesses that employ folks on work visas in general. It’s just disruptive to be disruptive/feed the base.

It's just silly... even if you're a nationalist, isn't the prospect of bringing over talented people from foreign countries to work in America and help our companies profit plus deprive their home countries of their skills a really, really good thing?

Those people don't think foreigners are as skilled as their own. This is hard to unwind after decades of American Dream and USA #1 propaganda

Re: Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year

#30

Post by mistursinistur »

Cyclone_ wrote: post #12
Forgeties79 wrote: post #4

This has gotten very old very fast (beyond the obvious cruelty). I have several friends who keep watching their colleagues just have to up and leave over this and it’s causing a ton of issues for businesses that employ folks on work visas in general. It’s just disruptive to be disruptive/feed the base.

Seems kind of silly to say without evidence that it's just to feed the base when there's a valid reason as to why it's being done (to prioritize Americans out of work)

Silly to say without evidence that preventing some people from doing their jobs somehow creates more jobs for other people. H1-B visa holders aren't competing with workers in the retail services industry!
Post reply on HN