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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by luckydata on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:29PM (#50007915)
I'm sorry but even as an immigrant in the USA this is bs. The h1b program brought a lot of great talent but also depressed employment rates for american graduates in computer science that's just a fact (please don't bother asking for a link google works as well for you as it does for me).

the H1B program is mostly a wage control tool for american big tech. I'm no friend of the current administration btw, I think they are monsters, but there's no reason to lie about a program that has had incredibly damaging effects on the labor market in the US.

Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by digitaltrees on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:49PM (#50012055)
That's not supported by economic data or wage trends. Blocking unionization is a far bigger driver than immigration. That's why Steve jobs was trying to form a nonhiring cartel before he died.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by luckydata on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:02PM (#50027139)
google must be out of order in your neck of the woods uh?