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Hacker News<p>H-1B program grew 81 percent from 2011 to 2022</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/USTechWorkers/status/1945999773825196492" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/USTechWorkers/stat</span><span class="invisible">us/1945999773825196492</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Growth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workforce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trends</span></a></p>
Scissors Cut Paper...<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lauren</span></a></span> </p><p>When <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> starts <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/kidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kidnapping</span></a>, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/abducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abducting</span></a>, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/H1b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1b</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>, that's when <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/BIgTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIgTech</span></a> will begin to give half a damn.</p><p>I expect some of the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/staff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staff</span></a> that keep <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/DodgerStadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DodgerStadium</span></a> a <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/destination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destination</span></a> ballpark are the same folks who ICE wants to round up. </p><p>Seriously, I haven't followed <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/baseball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>baseball</span></a> since the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Astros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astros</span></a> were put in the junior circuit, though, allowing for <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a>, there are probably a few <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Dodgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dodgers</span></a> players who make over $1M, so this is petty cash. </p><p>Don't let the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> fool you, this is primarily intended to <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> their <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/assets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assets</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p>These columns of ads…not really looking for applicants underscore the challenges facing US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> &amp; the striking disparities in the current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> landscape. As restaurants, meatpackers &amp; countless other businesses now risk having workers targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> employers have…escaped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin scrutiny for use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignLabor</span></a>. Among companies sponsoring many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> employees for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCards</span></a> …are ones aligned w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>There is even less attention given to what happens w/these foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> — ¾ of whom are…from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> —when many decide they want to stay beyond the 6yr max allowed for an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> recipient (a 3yr term can be renewed 1X). To qualify for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>, workers must get their employers to sponsor them via the Permanent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Cert process, aka <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a>. And to do that, employers must demonstrate that they made a sincere effort to find someone else—a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UScitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UScitizen</span></a> or permanent resident….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Last December, a tiff erupted between billionaire entrepreneurs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VivekRamaswamy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VivekRamaswamy</span></a>, on the one side, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> champions including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a>, over the formers’ claims that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> workers are needed because the homegrown <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> workforce is inadequate. But almost as quickly as it started, the spat vanished from the news.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It is a process that nearly everyone involved admits is nonsensical, highly vulnerable to abuse, as well as a contributor to inequities among domestic &amp; foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>.</p><p>Yet the system has endured for decades, largely out of public view. There is occasional debate over the ~120k workers from overseas who are awarded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> every year for temporary high-skilled employment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Crackdown on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a></p><p>“This ad is for a PERM filing,”she said. “A filing for a green card.”</p><p>To anybody familiar w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a> system, those words meant the ad was not really intended to find applicants.…One of the most overlooked yet consequential corners of the US immigration system: the process by which employers sponsor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> w/temporary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> as a first step to getting them the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-h1b-visas-perm-tech-jobs-recruitment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">mmigration-h1b-visas-perm-tech-jobs-recruitment</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2110842/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2110842/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> JD Vance slammed for his family meeting with Indian-origin venture capitalist amid H-1B row: ‘We can kiss our economy goodbye’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AshaJadejaMotwani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AshaJadejaMotwani</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1BVisaControversy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1BVisaControversy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1b</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1bNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1bNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JamesDavidVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesDavidVance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JdVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JdVance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SiliconValleyVentureCapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValleyVentureCapitalist</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TechJobCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechJobCuts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WalmartLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WalmartLayoffs</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>A European teenager is three times more likely to get a visa to work at a summer amusement park than a graduate student is to receive H-1B status to work for a U.S. company on artificial intelligence. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>forbes</span></a></span>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Visa</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/3xDa0K" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/3xDa0K</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1938593/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1938593/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> This ecommerce major bagged maximum H-1B visas in 2024; Elon Musk’s Tesla among top sponsors <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AmazonH1BApprovals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonH1BApprovals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1BVisaApplications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1BVisaApplications</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1BVisaFees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1BVisaFees</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1BVisas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1BVisas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Infosys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosys</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TechMahindra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechMahindra</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TeslaH1BVisas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaH1BVisas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USCIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USCIS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wipro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wipro</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/techindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techindustry</span></a> relies so heavily on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/foreignworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreignworkers</span></a></p><p>The current debate about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> system provides the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. with an opportunity for introspection.</p><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91303246/why-americas-tech-industry-relies-so-heavily-on-foreign-workers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcompany.com/91303246/why-a</span><span class="invisible">mericas-tech-industry-relies-so-heavily-on-foreign-workers</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>‘Made in China 2025’ puts US at risk of ‘losing next industrial revolution’, panel told <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/725322/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/725322/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BarryNaughton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BarryNaughton</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GarnautGlobal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarnautGlobal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LizaTobin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LizaTobin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ManufacturingSuperpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManufacturingSuperpower</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Robotics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StriderTechnologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StriderTechnologies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheJamestownFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheJamestownFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UCSanDiego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCSanDiego</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>washington</span></a></p>
Raccoon🏳️‍🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@shantini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>shantini</span></a></span> <br>Just wanted to chime in on behalf of TechHub Moderation.</p><p>H1B Holders are PEOPLE, not policy.</p><p>Simply being against the POLICY of issuing <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/H1Bvisas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1Bvisas</span></a> is not something we can do anything about as moderators: discussion of immigration law is protected political speech, and legitimate conversation. However, it is NOT ok for anyone to attack <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> Holders themselves, and especially not to refer to them as "H1Bs".</p><p>H1B holders are just workers trying to get by, following the rules and getting a legal <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> through legitimate means. Even if the government is issuing too many, and even though companies will always try to exploit them, these people do not have power here and this is in no way their fault.</p><p>"They" are not "actively harming" anyone. The System is.</p><p>Hate Speech against H1B holders themselves, or ANY group of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>, is not allowed on TechHub, or the mainstream Fediverse in general, and will be dealt with accordingly.</p><p>Just wanted to make that clear.</p><p>- <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TechHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHub</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a></p>
Lash<p>"Elon Musk is flat-out wrong when he says the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> programme is “broken”. It is functioning as intended: Permitting corporations to underpay foreign workers, snub American professionals, and mint money....</p><p>...The Musk-MAGA clash has revealed two contentious issues: That the US suffers from a “<a href="https://social.coop/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> crisis” and that racial bias drives all H-1B critics. Both notions are false.&nbsp;"</p><p><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/real-h-1b-scam-its-not-what-you-think-9792914/?ref=hometop_hp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indianexpress.com/article/opin</span><span class="invisible">ion/columns/real-h-1b-scam-its-not-what-you-think-9792914/?ref=hometop_hp</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Which restaurants are sponsoring H-1B visas for their waiters? </p><p>(Obviously, Trump has no idea what an H-1B visa is or how it works. He's just babbling as usual.)</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Visa</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Ashwin Nanjappa 🐘<p>"Why Legal Immigration to the US Is Nearly Impossible" details all the US immigration rules, types/visas and the insane amount of process, paperwork and time required to get through any of them. Filled with insightful graphs and hundreds of references. This is a link that must be bookmarked for future reference to consult on the minutiae of US immigration, jargon or stats.</p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/why-legal-immigration-nearly-impossible" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cato.org/policy-analysis/why-l</span><span class="invisible">egal-immigration-nearly-impossible</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a></p>
william.maggos<p>You're being lied to about the <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> visa being necessary to hire the exceptional person that there are maybe only a few of in the whole world. Einsteins. The only people who can figure out the next needed innovations who they say without which, entire industries would come to a halt. There are separate visas for that.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-1_visa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-1_vis</span><span class="invisible">a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_visa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_visa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Wizards Anonymous<p>Can we <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeedRun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedRun</span></a> Install <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlpineLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlpineLinux</span></a> faster than we can get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LayedOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LayedOff</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/replaced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>replaced</span></a> with an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a>? A new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> on Alpine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sway</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> Install and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstTime</span></a> Configuration <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walkabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walkabout</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Secure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encrypted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/_tS7CqhlRrA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/_tS7CqhlRrA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. Will <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> be as good as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> with Mr Z's new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> program? Will <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> add in-browser <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a>, or will <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bing</span></a> subsidize <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a>? Can we improve <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> Alpine Linux? Only a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wizard</span></a> can tell.</p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>josephcox</span></a></span> this is the real reason for the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> visa support: no american engineers are going to want to work for companies like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> any more</p>
David<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> The lithium is necessary, but putting it there was for only for tax breaks, hateful laws, easy access to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> workers to trap into serfdom, and dangerously lacking regulation of all sorts.</p>