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by wooyi 4116 days ago
I bet if someone did an economic impact study of H1B visas and looked beyond pure salary numbers, you would find a very positive economic impact.

America was built by immigrants. Lest you forget.

Borders are a remnant of the old world. Companies need to stay competitive and tapping the international workforce is part of that competitiveness.

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I find it interesting that typically we commend ourselves for being a nation of immigrants (all in the past of course) and consistently resist current immigration. I feel like we might be more tolerant as a species if we did away with all of these nationalistic tendencies.