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Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by lern_too_spel on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:49PM (#13583740)
Clinton proposed automatically giving H1Bs a green card, which would have removed them from indentured servitude. Your narrative ignores the actual policy.
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Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by mavelikara on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:31PM (#13584908)
> Clinton proposed automatically giving H1Bs a green card,

When? Her proposal, as reported in the media was, "'staple' green cards on STEM grads' diplomas". Was there other proposal she made specifically addressing H-1Bs?

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Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by davidf18 on Monday February 06, 2017 @08:00PM (#13585993)
> Her proposal, as reported in the media was, "'staple' green cards on STEM grads' diplomas".

Well, that's a terrible idea if she said that. She apparently wanted to depress STEM wages in the US and put Americans STEM workers, who worked very hard for their degrees and skill out of work. The green card, H1-B should only be given for STEM jobs for which there is no American.

So Clinton wanted to depress STEM wages and take STEM jobs away from Americans and Trump wanted STEM workers to be treated fairly.

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Re:Trump Is Right: Silicon Valley Using H-1B Visas to Pay Lo... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @05:23PM (#13602761)
It does the exact opposite by making employers pay at least as much for an H1B as for an equivalent local worker. You're suggesting that they not even be allowed into the country, which would incentivize American companies to set up their campuses in other countries that take a more liberal view to immigration.
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