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Re:Are the Persian Gulf city-states slave societies? by trianglem on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:28PM (#25970947)
Sounds like the H1-B
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Re:Are the Persian Gulf city-states slave societies? by Animats on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:39PM (#25971068)
The US lets immigrants leave if they want. Most US immigration issues revolve around people being forced to leave.
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Re:Are the Persian Gulf city-states slave societies? by nradov on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:29PM (#25972677)
Or around people being prevented from working rather than forced to work.
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Re:Are the Persian Gulf city-states slave societies? by dominotw on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:40PM (#25971082)
I didn't have to get permission from my employer to look for another job. Not sure if you are trolling. Flagged the comment.
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Re:Are the Persian Gulf city-states slave societies? by citizenkeen on Saturday January 30, 2021 @01:13PM (#25971377)
No it doesn't. Please educate yourself before contributing further.
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Re:Are the Persian Gulf city-states slave societies? by JohnBooty on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:43PM (#25971104)
H1-B is far from ideal to put it mildly, but it's about an order of magnitude away from what's described in the article.
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