[vonnik]

Not sure what your argument is here, Matt. Are you saying the US should try to keep foreign talent out and that tech companies and investors should direct their time and resources at Americans? If so, do you know how Silicon Valley works and why it has made the US the global center of tech? It did so by combining foreign capital and talent with US capital and talent. It's a global matchmaker for the best talent, which is evenly distributed across many countries. If we give into jingo-ism, we lose the tech race.

[notyourday]

> Are you saying the US should try to keep foreign talent out and that tech companies and investors should direct their time and resources at Americans?

Yes, because it is the law. The law is that companies must hire those authorized to work in the United States and only if the companies cannot do it can they bring someone into the country.

Of course in reality this is not what happens. If you have spent any time in management in tech companies you know what kind of wink and nod games are played. Hell, some of them are not even games - managers routinely bring in foreigners under all kinds of pretenses.

[vonnik]

That's a very narrow view, and it's not really the point.

America's national interest is tightly linked to whether or not it's able to attract tech talent from around the world. No law forbids US tech companies from doing that.

And in fact, there are a lot of incredibly talented people who are Americans, and we should be grateful if they want to come to the US and work. We should try to convince them to do so. Because we don't, they will found their Googles and their Facebooks somewhere else, and they will help non-US tech companies succeed.

You want resources? Be so good they can't ignore you.

[notyourday]

> America's national interest is tightly linked to whether or not it's able to attract tech talent from around the world. No law forbids US tech companies from doing that.

That's not correct. Basis for seeking authorization for a currently non-authorized worker is inability to find a currently authorized worker to do this job. Note, it is not an american worker. It is someone who hold a current work authorization such as:

American citizens

Permanent residents

Holders of work authorization paperwork

[vonnik]

cx: people who are *not Americans