<![CDATA[Do U.S. voters realize the scale and cost of the 47th #POTUS's *drastic* #immigration "slow-walking"?]]>RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8m4p3ukz/-/a-lyLNjQfRQJKEoDaSRVJTpw%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0

Do U.S. voters realize the scale and cost of the 47th 's *drastic* "slow-walking"?

This backlog is bigger than ALL FOUR YEARS of the 45th POTUS's term.

It's stopped TONS of by removing work authorization from LOADS of who were ALREADY LEGALLY WORKING HERE FOR YEARS (e.g., when graduating Ph.D. or have to transition to an H-1B when OPT expires).

We had to halt multiple projects when a Research Project Manager completed their doctorate. Why? Because simply isn't processing certain applications — and processing is much slower than normal times. In the past year, the multiplied this loss of and by HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS! And with no detectable benefit to , etc.

Naturally, the highest-skilled foreign nationals are taking their skills to other countries, contributing to further from the .

Incredible waste and inefficiency.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4be59019-80d8-4cf8-bdb0-7031f3dd21d9/do-u.s.-voters-realize-the-scale-and-cost-of-the-47th-potus-s-drastic-immigration-slow-walkingRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:52:42 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2026 16:19:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Do U.S. voters realize the scale and cost of the 47th #POTUS's *drastic* #immigration "slow-walking"? on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:33:48 GMT]]>@ByrdNick How many science projects have been halted specifically due to the OPT and H-1B processing delays you mentioned?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/ap/users/116380377006747794/statuses/116433278008306116https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/ap/users/116380377006747794/statuses/116433278008306116Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:33:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do U.S. voters realize the scale and cost of the 47th #POTUS's *drastic* #immigration "slow-walking"? on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:27:48 GMT]]>@ByrdNick heart breaking. The trickle down from this is huge. All the companies that support research science will go out of business (the few remaining small ones) and the prices at the big companies are skyrocketing. People being let go due to cost cutting and potential visa issues. I don’t see the end game!! Why do this???

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