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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by suryacom on Saturday January 14, 2017 @07:40PM (#13401582)
They were allowed to move out of H1B visa to EAD status (non-visa legal status). The same legal status DACA recipients got from Obama administration. So, technically nothing was changed to the H1B rule.
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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by foldr on Saturday January 14, 2017 @07:45PM (#13401606)
Broadly speaking, this is allowed now, no? There is a route to an EAD for H1B holders (and various advantages and disadvantages to each).

https://www.murthy.com/2012/10/26/using-the-ead-as-an-option...

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by suryacom on Saturday January 14, 2017 @10:10PM (#13402085)
80% of the H1B holders today are from India. And they cannot reach that step; because the wait time to reach there (485-EAD) is 70+ years.
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