I don’t care what political side you’re on, anyone who is weird about any immigrants including H-1B workers is not a good ally.
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You can criticize the H-1B program, but I also feel like there’s a slippery slope between that and economic protectionism.
I’ve very rarely seen actual legitimate criticism of it that also didn’t default or devolve to ‘actually Indians are bad at their jobs ha ha’
I don’t trust anyone who leads with ‘H-1B bad’. It doesn’t matter what ‘side’ you’re approaching it from. You might as well put on a red hat.
Also if your critique is ‘it can be better and I don’t want skilled immigrants to suffer’ maybe save your white saviorism for another pet topic
Or go work on actual immigration reform
The no 1 thing to fix in US immigration is the country caps.
Because of racism, people born in India and China etc face years of long waits (ranging from a couple of years to hundreds of years)
All of the applicants born in big countries have to compete for the same no of green cards as people from small countries
This is the specific mechanism that companies use to trap H-1B workers in subservience, not the H-1B program itself. There is little to no easy path to permanent residency because of the country caps.
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The no 1 thing to fix in US immigration is the country caps.
Because of racism, people born in India and China etc face years of long waits (ranging from a couple of years to hundreds of years)
All of the applicants born in big countries have to compete for the same no of green cards as people from small countries
This is the specific mechanism that companies use to trap H-1B workers in subservience, not the H-1B program itself. There is little to no easy path to permanent residency because of the country caps.
@skinnylatte the US immigration system has always seemed like an uneasy compromise between the rabid racists and the genteel racists.
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