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A comment on Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and bad for innovation. Parent comment

Re:Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and ba... by automated_toast on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @12:04PM (#23615759)
And it's not a race thing, it's a money thing. Hong Kong Chinese don't want paltry wages so they import Filipinos. Lebanese don't want paltry wages so they import Sri Lankans. Even black South Africans don't want paltry wages to they import Zimbabweans.
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Re:Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and ba... by spatley on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @12:46PM (#23616466)
It's not a race thing, it's a money thing. The U. S. cotton agriculture workers don't want to work for nothing so they import Africans.
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Re:Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and ba... by Supermancho on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @01:18PM (#23617050)
The US Railroad liked Chinese immigrants, etc. That's what happened, for the same reasons that H1B visa hires are popular.
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