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Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by jollyllama on Sunday December 29, 2024 @05:40PM (#42544101)
No, you missed the point of the GP. The companies don't want them because they are cheaper, they want them because they have less rights.

> who have no option to leave for a better opportunity or higher pay (or to unionize)

The companies don't want cheaper labor. They want slave labor.

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Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by rbanffy on Monday December 30, 2024 @12:55PM (#42551706)
You are missing the point: if they have fewer rights, they are cheaper in the long run.
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Re:Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for forei... by jollyllama on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @10:03AM (#42559067)
Perhaps we're getting into semantics. Sure, fewer rights necessarily implies cheaper, but not the other way around. "Cheaper" alone fails to get to the heart of the matter.
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