Why do we just accept the fact that the H1B is hurting american workers? H1B was a great policy when companies could not find employees. American workers had jobs, Indian workers had job, companies filled the positions they needed filled; everyone was happy. Now the economy is much different; companies aren't hiring, Americans are out of work, Indians still have many of the positions in the US and they have many opportunities in for work in India (work that used to be in the US). While I don't think that the current H1B workers should be kicked out it is beyond me why we are still accepting more. There were 150,000+ H1B visas granted this year! So this leaves American workers out of work, costing us the taxpayers in Unemployement and hurts the economy because unemployed people can't buy as much.
I don't hold anything against H1B workers; they've just taken advantage of a situation that is great for them. I blame this on goverment policy and the companies that choose to screw US employees to make a couple more bucks.
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Why do we just accept the fact that the H1B is hurting american workers? H1B was a great policy when companies could not find employees. American workers had jobs, Indian workers had job, companies filled the positions they needed filled; everyone was happy. Now the economy is much different; companies aren't hiring, Americans are out of work, Indians still have many of the positions in the US and they have many opportunities in for work in India (work that used to be in the US). While I don't think that the current H1B workers should be kicked out it is beyond me why we are still accepting more. There were 150,000+ H1B visas granted this year! So this leaves American workers out of work, costing us the taxpayers in Unemployement and hurts the economy because unemployed people can't buy as much.
I don't hold anything against H1B workers; they've just taken advantage of a situation that is great for them. I blame this on goverment policy and the companies that choose to screw US employees to make a couple more bucks.