US signals intention to rethink job H-1B lottery

Re:US signals intention to rethink job H-1B lottery by akaksk on Sunday July 20, 2025 @11:48AM (#44626331)

By and large the majority of our H1Bs are from India. Why isn’t China fighting tooth and nail for these hires if they’re so valuable? Additionally, why isn’t India fighting tooth and nail to keep them home and help their own country? Last I checked, Modi is working to facilitate these hires.

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Re:US signals intention to rethink job H-1B lottery by TrackerFF on Sunday July 20, 2025 @12:00PM (#44626463)

Higher comp in the US, because that's where the capital is. More freedom, too. Especially if you're religious (compared to China).

Indians are already very integrated in tech, so networking benefits. If Indians prefer to hire Indians, makes sense that more Indians want to give it a shot.

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Re:US signals intention to rethink job H-1B lottery by akaksk on Sunday July 20, 2025 @12:44PM (#44626883)

I’m saying there’s no effort from China to get these workers and there’s an effort from India to facilitate these workers out of India and to America.

If these were high value workers neither of these things would be true.

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