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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by flurben on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:17PM (#24703579)
Well that is the original stated legislative intent, for "jobs local people can't do."

But in reality, this was never an enforced requirement. It is very common for expensive americans to be fired and replaced with a cheaper holder of an h1b.

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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by ajsnigrutin on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:30PM (#24703680)
A minimum wage, set as (eg.) 1.5x avearage wage in that sector in that state would be a good requirement for getting a visa. That would make companies offer more (1.1, 1.2 ... 1.499x average) and get local workers, and if they're still, even with a higher wage, unable to get a worker, they'd get one with an H1B visa.
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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by flurben on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:41PM (#24703766)
That is far too low, and far too bureaucratic and far too easy to game.

It should simply be a fixed number of visas allocated to the highest wage applicants, like an auction, end of story.

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