Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by Avicebron on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:32PM
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Oh please, US citizens have been getting a raw deal for decades, I lived and worked in the Bay for years and years, my Indian colleagues were no more talented than the US citizens coming out of US schools. You clearly weren't part of that world if you can make claim to the contrary.
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:09PM
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> US citizens have been getting a raw deal for decades
Agree. Isn’t it odd that the H1B and offshoring aren’t being touched? Just green cards? The kind that gives employees leverage with employers?
This is a messaging move. We need immigration reform and a pro-labor movement in America. This is crumbs to peasants.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by Avicebron on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:48PM
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> This is a messaging move. We need immigration reform and a pro-labor movement in America. This is crumbs to peasants.
Couldn't agree more. I can see the admin flailing in trying this, the fact they didn't go farther just means there's an opportunity for the midterms.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by cyberax on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:04PM
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When I was working at a large tech company, most of our teams were foreign-born. And we were specifically scouting for the US citizens for ITAR projects.
And this only got _worse_ as more and more advanced STEM degrees in the US go to foreigners.