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Trump's Next Immigration Move To Affect H-1B Visas; Require Tech Companies To Try To Hire Americans First: Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
AdamnSelene writes: A report in Bloomberg describes a draft executive order that will hit the tech industry hard and potentially change the way those companies recruit workers from abroad. The H-1B, L-1, E-2, and B1 work visa programs would be targeted by requiring companies to prioritize higher-paid immigrant workers over lower-paid workers. In addition, the order will impose statistical reporting requirements on tech companies who sponsor workers under these programs. The order is expected to impact STEM workers from India the most.
Penguinisto adds: If (perhaps when) the president follows through, his next move could limit or at least seriously alter the way H-1B visas are distributed, putting U.S. citizens at a higher priority, and possibly restricting H1-B visas tighter. From the article: "If implemented, the reforms could shift the way American companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Apple recruit talent and force wholesale changes at Indian companies such as Infosys and Wipro. Businesses would have to try to hire Americans first and if they recruit foreign workers, priority would be given to the most highly paid. "Our country's immigration policies should be designed and implemented to serve, first and foremost, the U.S. national interest," the draft proposal reads, according to a copy reviewed by Bloomberg. "Visa programs for foreign workers should be administered in a manner that protects the civil rights of American workers and current lawful residents, and that prioritizes the protection of American workers -- our forgotten working people -- and the jobs they hold."
He's building a smoke screen with all this racist crap while robbing the country blind .He will put a kkk figure in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, with his name on the back. It will be right behind Snoopy.
I'll admit it took us by surprise that a politician (new to it or not) didn't lie.
Isn't it sad how corrupt politics has become that it actually surprises us to see a President attempt to actually deliver on his promises?
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Top bay area tech companies go out of their way to hire every qualified engineer they can get their hands on. American, Indian, Chinese, whatever. You're naive if you think the money matters. H-1B processing fees and minimum salaries are a joke to these companies; most already pay $5K referral bonuses just for submitting the resume of someone who later gets hired.
Yes, Indians are overrepresented compared to the bay area population, but that's what happens when you compare a metro area population to a bunch of globally recruited engineers. Indians, however, are pretty accurately represented when you look at the population mix of engineering applications, and that's obvious to anyone who isn't ignorant about the situation.
BTW, complaining about disproportionate representation is hilarious. Well, unless you're the rare xenophobe who also advocates for more representation for women, blacks, and latinos.
How did he run up deficits with a Democratic Congress?