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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by adamrezich on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:23PM (#50007818)
I live near Mt. Rushmore. When my mom was a kid, working there during tourist season was a very common summer job for high school kids. Now it's not, because now temporary foreign labor by means of seasonal visa programs, complete with housing, fills those jobs each summer instead. Are American high schoolers physically/mentally unable to do these jobs? Of course not—yet these job opportunities have been taken from them regardless, replaced with what is essentially seasonal foreign-labor indentured servitude.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by ForHackernews on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:10PM (#50008603)
Honestly, a lot fewer American teenagers want/are allowed summer jobs these days. They are all focused on doing enrichment activities that will look good on a college application, and low-wage menial jobs don't count for that.

I actually think it's a great thing to let young people from around the world have working holidays in America https://www.usit.ie/experiences/working-holidays/j1-usa/

Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by adamrezich on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:30PM (#50008906)
I work in the public school system and I can definitely assure you that nowhere near “all” high school students are doing what you suppose they are doing.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by ForHackernews on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:28PM (#50010813)
Sure, but the ones who might plausibly end up junior SWEs at Microsoft are.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by adamrezich on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:41PM (#50011918)
Yes, perhaps now that they don't need to compete against all of India, they might actually have a chance at that.