[interlocutor]

>H-1B visas had nothing to do with Silicon Valley.

Nonsense. I am guessing you have never been silicon valley. 90% or more of tech workers there were born outside USA.

Edit: it is 70%, which is still very high. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/17/h-1b-foreign-citizens...

[darkpuma]

Well that's just flat out not true (the percentage is high, but not 90%), and you've completely ignored the meat of the criticism above.

[interlocutor]

You're right, turns out it is about 70% https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/17/h-1b-foreign-citizens...

What exactly is the meat of the criticism above?

[frandroid]

Born outside the U.S. ⊇ H1B migrant workers. The majority of those born outside the U.S. are immigrants.

[porpoisely]

I have and even more, I know people who work in silicon valley. Have you been there?

Ignoring the fact that "90% of tech workers there were born outside the USA" is absolutely false, what does that have to do with H-1B visas?

It could be true that 90% of tech workers were born outside the USA and none of them could be H-1B visa holders. There are plenty of american tech workers who immigrated to the US as a child and became american citizens. Like sergei brin or jerry yang. They may be born outside the US, but none of them are H-1B visa holders. They were all american citizens.

The fact that you are intentionally lying and being sneaky with stats is very worrisome.