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Trump Visa Policy Helps American Tech Workers
The Epoch Times ^ | August 5, 2018 | Petr Svab

Posted on 08/05/2018 12:39:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 08/05/2018 12:39:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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...said Jason Finkelman, an immigration attorney from Austin, Texas.

This is soooo dishonest. We have the STEM talent.

Infosys is one of the worst abusers.

2 posted on 08/05/2018 12:49:52 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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I work in IT and as far as I can tell, I am one of two people that voted for Trump at my company. Hillary promised infinite H1-b visas if she were elected, yet nearly everyone in a software development company voted for her.


3 posted on 08/05/2018 12:50:26 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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Too bad the real news is that congressional legislation is doubling and more the numbers of H1B, H2B, and others. A big disconnect. And will Trump veto that any legislation increasing foreign workers? I sure hope so.


4 posted on 08/05/2018 12:53:04 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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How dare he try to help AMERICAN workers, that’s just plain racist.


5 posted on 08/05/2018 12:56:50 PM PDT by euram
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Most of the visas are controlled by a small handful of Indian firms that bring Indian semi-tech workers like quality control workers or lab workers to the united states. They barely speak English and are not from the best universities. And they work for Indian companies who hire them out to American companies while paying them far less. Its a scam that allows these Indian companies to make billions off this slave labour.


6 posted on 08/05/2018 12:57:45 PM PDT by poinq
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That, with a long overdue realization that most foreign-born tech workers are over-documented and under-qualified.


7 posted on 08/05/2018 12:57:47 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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Re: Infosys

Oh? Good to know.


8 posted on 08/05/2018 12:59:36 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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85,000 per year for 6 years means there are half a million H1Bs in the country at any one time.

This definitely holds wages down, when it doesn’t put people out of work altogether.

When I started, companies ran training programs for new hires. They needed people that bad, that they would actually train them. They stopped doing that, in my business, years ago. Why would you, when you can just hire a boatload of guys from Bangalore?


9 posted on 08/05/2018 1:00:57 PM PDT by marron
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Every policy initiative by Trump is a winner for the middle class. The biggest winner for the middle class is yet to come...TARIFFS! When FAIR trade replaces UNFAIR FREE trade, America will be Great again.


10 posted on 08/05/2018 1:00:58 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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Notice, that the Paul Ryan Republicans all want to dramatically increase the number of H1Bs per year.


11 posted on 08/05/2018 1:01:58 PM PDT by marron
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Many companies are sending the work offshore now. Think of the IT department of a very large yet unnamed retailer that has let bunches of people go recently.


12 posted on 08/05/2018 1:03:46 PM PDT by Bitman
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Many IT types may be brilliant with tech, but they lack common sense.


13 posted on 08/05/2018 1:18:19 PM PDT by bobcat62
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The WITCH companies

- Wipro
- Infosys
- Tata (TCS)
- Cognizant
- HCL


14 posted on 08/05/2018 1:26:06 PM PDT by bobcat62
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We need to put a 50% tariff on H-1B visa holder’s salaries. The money paid will go into scholarships for American citizens who study STEM programs at university. The goal being that US citizens replace those foreigners holding H-1B visas.


15 posted on 08/05/2018 1:28:57 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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Or a 10% tax on all remittances, such as Western Union. That would pay for the wall in no time.


16 posted on 08/05/2018 1:31:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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It takes more than common sense to design robust, maintainable code which can be demonstrated to meet business needs.


17 posted on 08/05/2018 1:31:24 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Or, do both!


18 posted on 08/05/2018 1:32:28 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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My company solved the problem by buying an Indian dev company and they just do all the staffing out there. My division uses all local talent but they loaned me out to another division that uses all indian workers because they’re months behind schedule and I’ve already caught them up.


19 posted on 08/05/2018 1:45:08 PM PDT by Skywise
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True. But voting for Hillary, who was offering unlimited guest worker visas, does show a lack of common sense.


20 posted on 08/05/2018 2:09:13 PM PDT by bobcat62
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