Trump considers H-1B visa tweak that may lead to mass deportation of Indians

Re:Trump considers H-1B visa tweak that may lead to mass dep... by gopalv on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:26PM (#16056417)

This is not going to be fun for the real estate market - the biggest risk in buying a house is your visa renewal if you're heading into a lottery every six years. Double the risk if both spouses are on H1-Bs & you need a double income to meet mortgage.

Removing the H4 EAD and forcing H1B lottery on existing tax payers sound like the opposite of Obama's "pen & phone" policy making.

California will take a huge tax hit, which will probably force it to increase SALT (though I hope they take the SALT and rewrite it as a payroll tax directly so that the corporations can pay it directly to the state, skipping individual income & becoming deductible again).

The only mitigating factor to this is if they go in with HR 392 (has more sponsors than the votes needed) and make it apply retroactively.

There were a large number of Indians who were pro-trump[1] during the election, but I'm not sure if their support actually meant anything or not.

[1] - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us-elections-2016/Hopes-...

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Re:Trump considers H-1B visa tweak that may lead to mass dep... by hkmurakami on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:37PM (#16056968)

That article says only 7% of Indians in America voted for trump. Also the ones who were voting for him were affluent. Which means that they likely have permanent resident status, or very strong visa status, and/or legitimately very strong educational and work credentials like a MD from India and completed residency in the US, or a degree from IIT and an advanced degree in the US.

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Re:Trump considers H-1B visa tweak that may lead to mass dep... by zettadam on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:16PM (#16057197)

Ahem, green card holders and individuals with a "strong visa status" cannot vote. What are you talking about?

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Re:Trump considers H-1B visa tweak that may lead to mass dep... by fred_is_fred on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:04PM (#16057705)

Clearly you've not heard of the H1STRONG visa.

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