US International Students Lose Internships Because of Outdated Work Policies

Re:US International Students Lose Internships Because of Out... by holy_city on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @10:47PM (#20101079)

The rumblings I've heard is that the administration is dragging its feet almost anywhere they can, wrt immigration.

It's not just H1Bs from India, but nearly all visas from all countries. Events that are supposed to take place in 6 weeks are at 6 months, and it doesn't seem to be documented or reported anywhere. I've only heard about it through some friends going through it or otherwise involved in the processes.

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Re:US International Students Lose Internships Because of Out... by maxxxxx on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @10:57PM (#20101112)

It’s probably pretty difficult to square their anti immigration stance with their claim of being business friendly if you consider that most businesses love cheap immigrants. Hard to shape this into a coherent policy.

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Re:US International Students Lose Internships Because of Out... by satya71 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @11:53PM (#20101324)

Immigrants are not necessarily cheap. H1B problems do bind some employees to their employers removing their leverage. I'm an immigrant, I can tell you I do not come cheap.

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Re:US International Students Lose Internships Because of Out... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:11AM (#20101665)

The question is whether you come cheaper than a similar locally sourced employee who isn't bounded by H1B, not cheaper than a barista.

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Re:US International Students Lose Internships Because of Out... by pnw_hazor on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @10:18AM (#20104604)

As mentioned, US immigration resources are being consumed by dealing with the flood of illegal immigrants at the southern border. Persons are being re-tasked to handle the asylum-claim processing and dealing with all of the unaccompanied minors.

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