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Re:Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring by srle on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:26AM (#23413673)
Why can’t they become permanent residents? Is that just a quirk of H1Bs or is the US immigration system really that bad?

I’ve seen posts on Reddit where it’s like “Just got my citizenship after 20 years here”, but to not even be able to get PR seems pretty crazy

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Re:Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring by olcor on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:50AM (#23414243)
https://outline.com/ehDSWa

> The wait is largely the result of an annual quota unchanged since 1990, and per-country limits enacted decades before the tech boom made India the top source of employment-based green card-seekers.

Senate didn't pass a bill approved by the house to abolish country caps: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/19/20873985/b...

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