I’m not liking this at all!
Well, at least Cruz won’t get to increase the numbers by 500%.
Silicon Valley got to Trump.
As an independent IT contractor now and previously an IT manager in a huge US company, the best H1-B reform is to fix and remove the regulations around hiring and firing legal residents.
H1-Bs are often abused. They are often used to pay less. But many companies pay more for H1-Bs to avoid all the crap and potential lawsuits/fines that go with hiring and firing US residents. Contract companies who provide H1-B workers rake in the money because the workers make less and the company they do work for pay more. Make it easy for companies to hire direct (full time or contract) and the middle-men raking in the money aren’t as needed.
It would also help if recent college grads had good work ethics and did what they were assigned rather than what they think is best. It’s not a majority who have this problem, but firing employees is a problem so you don’t want to have to fire 5-10% of your new hires (especially if they’re minorities). It’s a risk for both companies who need IT workers and would hire them direct and IT contract companies. Having 1000+ IT workers is a massive regulatory headache for HR and legal (and managers).
Another hobnailed boot on the neck of the American IT Worker. It’s very sad.
But not surprising.
More than disappointing. It's disloyal to the base. Isn't this one of those issues President Trump could get approved with bipartisan support? One can't help but suspect that the "Republicans" who lied to get elected don't want this to come up for a vote.
Please, let this be fake news.
This grinds my gears. The DC cartel lives on cheap labor.
Hopefully, Trump can bring in more jobs that will offset this problem.
If true, Trump is edging closer to being a one-termer—Assuming he lasts that long.
H1-Bs should be looked at with the whole chain migration, lottery, etc.
What bothers me is that expelling the 10s of millions of illegals in the country currently is not a priority.
The MSM has been trying to undermine Trump's support by slanting stories about DACA, H-1Bs, and the building of the wall. The meme is that Trump is not going to follow thru on his immigration promises. The pundits are in for a surprise.
Yes, the H1B notices that disappeared after the election are posted outside the HR office again.
Of course not.. CEOs are clearly more favored than working class taxpayers.. and much more to come. How much in tax breaks and over what span of time for Carrier, Sprint... all the CEO Christmas presents? With a Trillion dollar stimulus in the wings, who do you think benefits from that cash infusion? I doubt it is taxpayers.
Politics possibly? Trump may want to wait until closer to the midterms to cut the program for the midterms bump. Scaling back the pay for play aspects of the program gives me hope he’ll go all the way and gut it eventually.