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Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore by philipallstar on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:39AM (#49698807)
Well yes, what difference does it make to bring people over to the US vs them doing the work overseas?

Bringing people over has negative consequences in the US (housing demand goes up; water demand goes up; power demand goes up) and in the person's home country (money doesn't flow to the local country; good people leave who should be staying and building their own country).

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Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore by Ar-Curunir on Monday September 14, 2026 @05:04PM (#49703992)
The only population growth the US gets is from immigration. Cutting out skilled population growth is not a good idea!!
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Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore by philipallstar on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @08:17AM (#49711410)
Skilled is a subset of what the US gets, and that at the detriment to local workers (and to the countries the skilled immigrants originate from). Though to the local business owner's they're great - much cheaper.
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Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore by philipallstar on Thursday September 17, 2026 @06:29AM (#49738748)
I regret my accidental apostrophe there, and now it's there forever.
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