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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by MichaelCollins on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:41PM (#33469618)
> The idea behind h1b is to bring people to this country to work in useful and productive ways.

Specifically, in a temporary way. H1B is not an immigration visa, it's a temporary working visa, for which duel-intent is acknowledged (it's legal for an H1B holder to intend to get and apply for a green card.) But at the end of the day, an H1B visa is still a temporary work visa, not an immigration visa.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by seanmcdirmid on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:45PM (#33469691)
It leads to immigration in the sense that an H1-B terminates in a green card or the worker loses it after 6 years. Compared to a Chinese Z work visa, which you can just renew indefinitely and has no path to a permanent residency, an H1-B is a completely different beast.
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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by wobbly_bush on Friday November 04, 2022 @02:48PM (#33471806)
That's hiding behind technicalities. A person on H1B needs to leave the country within 30 days after being laid off. What life plans can one make around that? Even a simple housing lease is minimum 12 months in most parts of the country.
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