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Re:Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring by redis_mlc on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:21PM (#23411617)
> many employees don't stay employees forever

Then they would have to return to their country if they're no longer an employee.

The path to citizenship for an H1B is over 10 years now.

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Re:Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring by Barrin92 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @12:48AM (#23412525)
>The path to citizenship for an H1B is over 10 years now.

you can already start a business as a green card holder, but yes it takes a while in the current system to obtain the ability to start a company. I don't see however how that relates to the argument. The average age of h1b users is very young (majority between 25 and 34), so they all have a fulll career ahead of them.

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