Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or pay $100k fee

Re:Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or... by mystraline on Saturday September 20, 2025 @02:50PM (#45316158)

I'm going to keep banging on this website, of definitions of fascism. And also, for the time being, is also hanging in short form at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.

https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html

Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause

Labor Power is Suppressed

Rampant Cronyism and Corruption

These are all elements of fascism, and is directly on display. We are living in a country being invaded by fascists from within the republican party.

And to my knowledge, no fascist government willingly cedes power. All have required extreme violence (aka war) to oust them. And most also have done so with Communist and Socialist allies (see Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, et merde).

In a way, it might be safer for the H1B's abroad to stay away. Wish I had an exit plan as well.

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Re:Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or... by manco on Saturday September 20, 2025 @04:20PM (#45317047)

> Labor Power is Suppressed

Isn't this making labor more powerful since it's restricting competition from overseas?

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Re:Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or... by mystraline on Saturday September 20, 2025 @05:17PM (#45317646)

'15 hours to return or you're fucked' is not the kind of policy to reform H1B status.

Disassociating the employee with special skills from the sponsoring company would do a load better. Right now, the current H1B sponsorship creates a form of indentured servitude, which is horrific.

Now, sure, H1B should be gated similarly to Green Card status, as in there is a need for people of those skills. Right now, H1B serves as a way to depress wages for the rest of us. If anything, H1B should be significantly higher to show "these skills are highly in need", but instead, average H1B wages are 100k/yr.

Reforms are completely needed. But slapping a 17 hour 'show up or you'll be sorry' is NOT it.

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Re:Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or... by prime_ursid on Sunday September 21, 2025 @10:04AM (#45322861)

“Labor power” in this context refers to unions, collective bargaining, and so on. The NLRB has been de facto shut down by this administration.

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