DHS proposes to repeal Work Authorization to Spouses(H4) of H1B visa holders

Post by TheAdamAndChe » Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 8:59 PM UTC

falsedan wrote: post #55

hiram112 wrote: post #51

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Is it really that Americans are just not racist against Australian workers , but are racist towards brown people on work visas? Or could it be something else? Maybe Americans don't tend to see their whole IT and Dev departments being filled with Australians, who are NOT willing to work in high COL areas on $60k year, share apartments and a car among 6 adults, and work 60 hours a week since the money they're saving wo…

> Is it really that Americans are just not racist against Australian workers , but are racist towards brown people on work visas? The dogwhistle is signaling to racists exactly this: that removing the ability for spouses on H4 visas to get EAD will reduce immigration from non-white countries. So's your comment.

Post by falsedan » Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 9:08 PM UTC

TheAdamAndChe wrote: post #72

falsedan wrote: post #55

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> Is it really that Americans are just not racist against Australian workers , but are racist towards brown people on work visas? The dogwhistle is signaling to racists exactly this: that removing the ability for spouses on H4 visas to get EAD will reduce immigration from non-white countries. So's your comment.

The issue isn't that the immigrants are coming from a non-white country. The issue is that they are coming from a _poor_ country with poor labor laws, and that they're displacing American workers in the process. Australia and other countries have similar quality of life as the US, thus immigration doesn't deleverage American workers like it does with poor countries. You injecting race into the conversation is racist…

Post by panic » Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 1:00 AM UTC

TheAdamAndChe wrote: post #71

panic wrote: post #14

The DHS as an organization should be disbanded. It barely made sense when it was founded after 9/11, but now it's actively working against America's interests. Our borders and immigration rules are so unpleasant, people would rather work in other countries than deal with them even a few times a year.

Given that wages are a function of supply and demand, and given that wages have been stagnant for Americans since the 70's, why is having tighter constraints on the supply of labor a bad thing? Wouldn't this mean that Americans would have higher wages? Wouldn't a tight labor market incentivize investment in the growth of our own workers instead of working to maximize profits for corporations that already have histori…

Post by rvelag » Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 6:45 AM UTC

Post by emodendroket » Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 1:50 PM UTC

product50 wrote: post #34

hcknwscommenter wrote: post #28

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You say he will do this, and he will do that. It is very odd how the administration puts out so many contradictory messages that people from all different viewpoints and political leanings make confident conflicting assertions about what will happen. But, when you look at the actual things that are implemented by the administration it is just straight up cruelty and class warfare.

I can only hope that things will improve and better sense will prevail.