Re:H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pitta...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:03AM
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> But right now H1b is basically the only way to get hired as an immigrant.
No, it's not. (It's technically not even a way to be hired as an immigrant, and there are work-based immigrant visas as well.as other work-eligible non-immigrant visas.)
> If you made it wage-prioritized there would be basically no way to get an h1b for entry level jobs
That's not even theoretically the purpose of the H-1B, and I'm not really convinced we need to import entry level workers.
> which would really suck for new graduates.
I'm not sure “it would reduce the incentive for US colleges to train foreigners rather than Americans for entry-level jobs in high-demand, high-paying professions in America” is an argument against a policy change.
No, it's not. (It's technically not even a way to be hired as an immigrant, and there are work-based immigrant visas as well.as other work-eligible non-immigrant visas.)
> If you made it wage-prioritized there would be basically no way to get an h1b for entry level jobs
That's not even theoretically the purpose of the H-1B, and I'm not really convinced we need to import entry level workers.
> which would really suck for new graduates.
I'm not sure “it would reduce the incentive for US colleges to train foreigners rather than Americans for entry-level jobs in high-demand, high-paying professions in America” is an argument against a policy change.