Re:Trump considers H-1B visa tweak that may lead to mass dep...
by whack on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:34PM
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It's worth clarifying a few details here since most people aren't aware of them.
- this move is going to deport people with approved green-card applications (i140), the standards for which are much more stringent than the standards for the h1b program
- this move affects only Indian citizens and no one else. Not China, not Mexico, not Pakistan, only India.
- The reason why Indian citizens are being affected by this, and the reason why they have to wait so long to receive their green cards, is unrelated to their individual credentials. An equally qualified Mexican/Pakistani candidate will receive their green card within 2-3 years. An equally qualified Chinese candidate will receive their green card within 6 years. Indian candidates alone face a wait of 8-9+ years, which is a great kick in the teeth by itself, but this rule will now also deport them.
I'm all for H1B reform. I'm all for making the standards more stringent, or raising the minimum-salary thresholds. I'm all for vetting prospective immigrants, and choosing only the best and brightest. But this new tweak does none of those things. It's going to deport tens of thousands of Indians, only Indians, and purely on account of them being Indian. What we're seeing is essentially a 21st century repeat of the Chinese-Exclusion-Act.
- this move is going to deport people with approved green-card applications (i140), the standards for which are much more stringent than the standards for the h1b program
- this move affects only Indian citizens and no one else. Not China, not Mexico, not Pakistan, only India.
- The reason why Indian citizens are being affected by this, and the reason why they have to wait so long to receive their green cards, is unrelated to their individual credentials. An equally qualified Mexican/Pakistani candidate will receive their green card within 2-3 years. An equally qualified Chinese candidate will receive their green card within 6 years. Indian candidates alone face a wait of 8-9+ years, which is a great kick in the teeth by itself, but this rule will now also deport them.
I'm all for H1B reform. I'm all for making the standards more stringent, or raising the minimum-salary thresholds. I'm all for vetting prospective immigrants, and choosing only the best and brightest. But this new tweak does none of those things. It's going to deport tens of thousands of Indians, only Indians, and purely on account of them being Indian. What we're seeing is essentially a 21st century repeat of the Chinese-Exclusion-Act.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act