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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:29PM (#16042280)
Getting an H1B is 90% of the way to getting a green card but with that weird company control, so why not cut the crud and do like the UK and Australia do: have a point based system that allows immigrants to directly apply for talent-based permanent residence?
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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by ll931110 on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:43PM (#16042396)
Ironically, Trump's agenda proposed exactly that system in August. So far there's very little support in House and Congress for some unknown reasons.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/346...

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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by tedivm on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:51PM (#16042456)
It does far more than just that-

> In many ways, the RAISE Act returns us to the dark ages of American immigration policy. If enacted by Congress, this new legislation would cut the number of immigrants entering the United States by half. It would do away with family-based immigration, which reunites thousands of families every year and introduces a points-based system for potential immigrants which is stacked in favor of wealthy, highly-educated, English-speaking applicants. In short, it is the most far-reaching remaking of American immigration policy in more than 50 years.

Now, if the RAISE Act applies to only the H1-B program then your claim would be accurate and I think the bill would have a lot of support.

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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by Someone1234 on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:36PM (#16042346)
Simply because a fixed term before a Green Card gives us more data on how this individual is likely to perform in the US, not their country of origin. That's the whole point after all.

Plus at least in the UK they don't immediately get permanent residence.

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