The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.
The change could deal a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China.
Since taking office in January, Trump has kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown, including moves to limit some forms of legal immigration. The step to reshape the H-1B visa program represents his administration’s most high-profile effort yet to rework temporary employment visas.
The US will lose its programming edge over the rest of the world but yeah the HB1 visa program was designed to exploit people. This won’t fix it though.
The proper thing to do would be to fix the program to force median or above wage pay and limit visas for saturated positions.
As an unemployed American programmer I am insulted. This idea that the talent doesn’t exist here has been a lie by corporations to keep IT wages lower.
Fr. America puts a lot of talented students each year and is hugely tech talented. If s company can’t find someone for a tech job it’s cuz they arent paying a fair wage or have their head so far up their ass almost no real candidate would match their requirements
its the fair wage, that company dont want to pay to citizens.
Exactly so fuck em
Exactly so fuck em
Louisiana?
This is already a thing . Raising that wage wouldn’t be bad though.
Corporations would never lie on a form. If they’re putting in a bunch of unpaid overtime or not being given the same benefits they’re still being underpaid.