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Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits by interlocutor on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:38PM (#19222367)
>H-1B visas had nothing to do with Silicon Valley.

Nonsense. I am guessing you have never been silicon valley. 90% or more of tech workers there were born outside USA.

Edit: it is 70%, which is still very high. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/17/h-1b-foreign-citizens...

Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits by darkpuma on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:46PM (#19222403)
Well that's just flat out not true (the percentage is high, but not 90%), and you've completely ignored the meat of the criticism above.
Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits by interlocutor on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:50PM (#19222433)
You're right, turns out it is about 70% https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/17/h-1b-foreign-citizens...

What exactly is the meat of the criticism above?

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Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits by petilon on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:50PM (#19222718)
>most of the foreign born workers in silicon valley are people who immigrated to the US as children

Where did you get this stat? You're calling others liars while posting questionable stats yourself.

Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits by theshadowmonkey on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:23PM (#19222591)
A lot of foreign born workers are not H1B because they got their green cards or citizenship. I'd safely say a majority of them were H1Bs till recently. Till 2008, getting a green card for any country was not a problem. It has gotten a lot worse since then.
Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits by frandroid on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:59PM (#19222466)
Born outside the U.S. ⊇ H1B migrant workers. The majority of those born outside the U.S. are immigrants.
Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits by porpoisely on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:44PM (#19222392)
I have and even more, I know people who work in silicon valley. Have you been there?

Ignoring the fact that "90% of tech workers there were born outside the USA" is absolutely false, what does that have to do with H-1B visas?

It could be true that 90% of tech workers were born outside the USA and none of them could be H-1B visa holders. There are plenty of american tech workers who immigrated to the US as a child and became american citizens. Like sergei brin or jerry yang. They may be born outside the US, but none of them are H-1B visa holders. They were all american citizens.

The fact that you are intentionally lying and being sneaky with stats is very worrisome.