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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I am under the impression that the H1-B visa program is taking away jobs from people born here (aka citizens) because it all you have to do is lie about how you couldn't find a qualified citizen to work, then you can pay someone a fraction of what it would cost to hire a citizen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The point is that en masse, when immigrants move to America, they create more jobs than they "take," because immigrants are also consumers.

H1B visas might be used to make certain specific roles far more competitive, but you'd be hard pressed to make the argument that the tech sector isn't one of the highest paying sectors period, or that they're short on jobs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

H1-B isn’t relevant to people working jobs like picking crops, who far outnumber tech workers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And what legal immigrants are doing that work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why do you assume unskilled labor must be illegally migrating? Migrant workers are the norm and usually come in on a temp visa. Huge numbers of undocumented workers are here because of an expired short work visa for something like summer-fall harvesting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Outside the scope of my point, but fine. Though splitting hairs between illegal entry and illegal remaining is a fools errand. I wasn’t talking about migrant workers. Nor asylum claimers (does anyone NOT claim asylum in this day and age, vs just crossing and hoping to not get caught?).