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by Overtonwindow
1236 days ago
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On the first question, I think it's economics. H1B's are cheaper, which IMO explains why so many older American tech workers get laid off and replaced by them; see Disney, Matel, and others. "The H1B level 1 salary is the lowest wage a foreign worker can pay while working in the United States under the H1B visa program. The salary of this level is valued at between $38,000 and $51,000 per year.." Americans cost more. Plus benefits, and possibly greater job security, etc. Whereas H1B are totally captive to the company. |
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[?] Unfortunately don't have the source handy.
While it's true there are many unscrupulous actors in this space and fraud happens, need I mention the level of fraud in SS/Medicare/Medicaid, VA, DoD. I will save you the research it's orders of magnitude more.
Also a lot of good came out of the h1b. Just see the number of Indian-born CEOs, founders etc I'll bet most of them came on an h1b. There is universal agreement that h1b needs reform and needs a better filter, perhaps using a points system, so you are arguing a straw-man.
This knee-jerk "greedy company! cheap labor!" sloganeering is, in large part driven by the (almost entirely) WM techies' wage-gouging entitlement compounded by racism. Pure & simple.