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by Fazilka 3428 days ago
The Trump administration should consider voiding all existing H1-B visas, without exception, and enforcing that all holders return to their home countries, before being eligible to re-obtain a H1-B under new, fairer rules. I know more than a handful of very qualified 40+ folk who were laid off over the last couple of years, and told quite frankly, and with no words being minced, that they were too expensive for the company, so their jobs were being "out-sourced" to cheaper/younger workers.

Most H1-B holders are from pretty desperate circumstances and put up with just about anything, at least until they obtain their GCs.
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scient 3427 days ago
Maybe your 40+ folk are not that qualified then? Or maybe the demand for their specific skillsets is not as high as you assume it to be? The attitude itself is pretty telling already. Market sets the demand, not your hopes, wishes and wet dreams.

Either way blaming on their employment issues on legal immigrants is just another form of the immigrant xenophobia thats up for display more and more under the Trump administration.

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on_and_off 3427 days ago
seriously ?

>Most H1-B holders are from pretty desperate circumstances and put up with just about anything

so because they have already endured a lot in order to get their H1B, it is ok to force them out of the country ?

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arjie 3428 days ago
The market's pretty hot for tech jobs. I'm surprised they can't get hired.
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dukeluke 3427 days ago
That's the thing. Most new tech jobs are only being created in the tech hubs of the country. The rest of the country is seeing a decline in good IT jobs.
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drpgq 3427 days ago
Maybe there needs to be some form of a blank screen for ageism as for hiring for orchestras. Probably pretty hard to implement.
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calvinbhai 3426 days ago
"Most H1-B holders are from pretty desperate circumstances and put up with just about anything, at least until they obtain their GCs."

I agree.

So give all legal temp workers GC. Then no desparate circumstance for them to work in. Which means they'll not say yes to jobs that pay peanuts.

With the same number of people in the country, this will lead to an increase in salaries offered because new GC holders can demand more.

Also, companies have more money to hire others instead of wasting it on filling H1b or go through a long winded GC process.

#Winning for all no? :)

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