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Trump Targets the Abuse of H-1B Visas
An anonymous reader writes: As part of Trump's comprehensive immigration overhaul, his plan not only addresses immigrants who enter or stay in the country illegally, but also the H-1B visa program and its well-documented abuses. Parts of the proposal include requirements to offer positions to U.S. STEM graduates and effectively requiring a minimum wage for hiring out of the country that would make it prohibitive to do so.
For a self proclaimed businessman, this policy would be incredibly anti-free market. If there are people willing to do the work for less money than candidates we have here in the US, it is because the US candidates are asking for more money than the work is worth. Artificially subsidizing the wage or keeping workers away never ends well, particularly in tech it will result in the work being offshored or even entire companies moving away. We should let competition and the market determine where and how much jobs will pay, not try to control this artificially through government intervention.
Yeah, its all bullshit right? Its not like half of our country is ON FIRE eight now due to record drought...or that we have seen record high temperatures in most of yhe country...it's all a Democrat conspiracy right?