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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by jsnk on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @06:12PM (#24702941)
This will elevate the income of low paying H1B workers, but also decrease the income of average paid American workers. If the market has an abundance of low paying workers, the market overall will pay workers lower.
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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by mrkstu on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:03PM (#24703457)
That is the opposite of what is likely. The elevation of wages for a H1B will mean the average wage in that category of work will increase, for everyone in that segment. What you suggest only makes sense if there is a fixed pot of money in the economy for all wages, which isn’t the case.
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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by sjg007 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:14PM (#24704664)
The onus here would be on the us citizen to find out how much an equivalent H1B is being paid and asking for that much money. It's not guaranteed.

You can do that though: https://h1bdata.info/index.php?year=2019

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