How Immigration Uncertainty Threatens America’s Tech Dominance

Re:How Immigration Uncertainty Threatens America’s Tech Domi... by DrScump on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:20AM (#13558517)

  without them, 10s of millions of dollars would disappear from the local economy

The positions would disappear, and the company fold, rather than the company offer enough to attract domestic talent (including Resident Aliens)? That's odd.

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Re:How Immigration Uncertainty Threatens America’s Tech Domi... by mywittyname on Friday February 03, 2017 @12:05PM (#13561250)

The positions would be relocated to a different region if the H1Bs weren't available, thus the money would disappear from the local economy.

This is entirely due to a shortage of talent willing to locate to Nowhereville, USA. The compensation here is very generous, and they advertise it. But there's just not enough Americans willing to move here, regardless of how much you can make.

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