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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by nikkwong on Friday September 19, 2025 @11:32PM (#45310075)
What world are you living in? Many Chinese come in on student visas, get jobs at FAANG and then have to move back to their country after losing the H1-B. These are the people we want, doing the jobs that we want them to do, and we’re too nearsighted to figure out how to keep them.

Again, these are the most talented, most affluent minds that China has to offer. Sure, let’s have them work for the CCP rather than keeping them in the west.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @12:03AM (#45310256)
1) We don’t want them.

2) The O1 visa is open to “the most talented minds” so why couldn’t they get that.

3) They were always working for the CCP.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by vkou on Saturday September 20, 2025 @12:28AM (#45310375)
You do realize how ridiculous you sound when airing #3, right?

As for #1, who is 'we'?

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @04:58PM (#45317463)
Use game theory for #3:

-You're a Chinese national in the US on a work visa or student visa

-CCP asks you to do something

What do you do?

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by vkou on Saturday September 20, 2025 @08:26PM (#45318894)
Let's use game theory for #3.

- You're an American running a business in the US (or somewhere else).

- Trump (or some TLA) demands that you do something, holding a threat over you.

What do you do? Are all Americans actually pawns of MAGA, or the spook agencies? How should the world respond to this implication?

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Sunday September 21, 2025 @04:37PM (#45326401)
This seems accurate, yes. Do you actually not think this is true?
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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by nikkwong on Saturday September 20, 2025 @01:32AM (#45310672)
You are showcasing your ignorance as lucidly as possible, bravo. Befriend some Chinese students studying in the US and you will quickly learn hardly any are fans of Xi and the CCP.
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