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Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by gumby on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:13PM (#14849635)
Those "High end" people come in on H1s as well!
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Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by bilbo0s on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:15PM (#14849664)
H1s are not even on the same field of play as NIWs...

there really is just no comparison.

That's why it's called a (N)ational (I)nterests (W)aiver. Because everyone from the commerce department, to the congress, to the military and intelligence people all agree that we need that guy's brainpower.

Or more precisely... they all agree that we need to deny that guy's brainpower to every other nation on earth if possible.

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Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by gumby on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @04:08PM (#14851423)
That's an immigrant visa, not a working visa. The question was working visas someone like Lecun whom I'm pretty certain showed up here first on an H1-B.
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Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the... by qq66 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @04:47PM (#14851713)
Yes, of course they do. The H1B program is critical for American competitiveness.
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