Re:Why expat Americans are giving up their passports
by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @09:55AM
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>I mentioned I was on an H1B and that what he said was illegal
The problem is that some companies break the law by playing around with job descriptions and job duties. There are people who aren't against immigration but who are against the H1B visas.
Re:Why expat Americans are giving up their passports
by mpweiher on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @11:43AM
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But the problem there is companies breaking the law, not the H1B visas, the people or the companies that use them legally.
And of course the knee-jerk reaction is to make the laws even more draconian than they already are, when a significant portion of the problems are caused by the very draconian nature of the current laws (and non-enforcement against companies that flout them).
Yup. Same goes for normal people who move the other way. The anti-foreign(er) consensus in the US political system/debate is almost as bad as the "tough on crime" madness.
And of course that's reflected in what people think. I remember being in a discussion after an interesting EE380 session (so not exactly bottom of the pile) and one of the guys started ranting about the evils of H1Bs driving down wages. I mentioned I was on an H1B and that what he said was illegal. He asked me how much I made, I asked him to guess. He mentioned a number. I said "multiply by at least 3". He kind of shut up after that...