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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by dllthomas on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:53PM (#20473346)
> c) allow all employers one applicant before awarding more slots, so the body shop mills have to compete with small business who have real jobs for real people and are not just playing percentage games (100K applications with 5k actual jobs available).

Won't that just mean the body shops create 100K subsidiaries?

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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by repiret on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:40PM (#20473721)
Probably. Another approach would be to cap the percentage of H1B employees you have.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by dllthomas on Thursday July 18, 2019 @11:22PM (#20475934)
That sounds effective. Would probably impact more legitimate attempts, though (single-owner business really needs someone with a really obscure skill, etc).
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