[repolfx]

There has always been pressure against H1Bs in the US tech industry. The one time I tried to immigrate to the valley there the visa cap was hit and I couldn't go (no regrets though). For my whole life I've seen American talk about immigration = outsourcing = lower wages. It's not new and it's not based in racism but rather money.

As for Trump, he is only talking about illegal immigration. Nobody with an engineering degree is going to care about his views on immigration, they may even welcome them because Trump apparently (I did not know this until reading the sibling links) wants to move to merit based immigration instead of a lottery scheme, which would help high skilled workers.

[moultano]

>Trump apparently (I did not know this until reading the sibling links) wants to move to merit based immigration

He also wants to cut the quota to a third of its current value.

[repolfx]

Not sure why you're being downvoted if it's true.

It can still be better for engineers though, if they are in the top third of desired immigrants from a jobs perspective.

[moultano]

Engineering benefits from enormous network effects. American engineers are better off if all the engineers in the world move here. The industry goes where the engineers are. It's not because the valley has few engineers that it pays high salaries, it's because it has many engineers, and the high paying companies locate here to benefit from the network effects.