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by _nhynes 2185 days ago
Indeed. A.S. G^2P was meant to chide the current administration for the (clearly very political) travel bans [0], temporary (??) suspension of visas (incl. H1-B) [1], and general racist isolationism.

[0]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation...

[1]: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-s...

2 comments

For what it's worth H1Bs were being misused by indian tech companies who got the majority of them [1] because the salary requirements haden't been updated for decades [2]

That meant the ability to undercut american workers.

I don't think there is anything racist about that.

[1] https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/02/09/h-1b-visa...

[2] https://alj.artrepreneur.com/h1b-visa-crackdown/#:~:text=Cur....

Racist? I’m a white European - where do I sign up for my visa?