definitely not a good time for H1Bs
“New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore” (ieee.org)
With no grace period at all, you'd just have to abandon them, and I guess try to sell them remotely if you even can.
definitely a request to fulfill.
fired and on an h1b? Gotta take an emergency plane outta here on short notice?
Mail us your car and apartment keys and we'll liquidate your assets for you and wire the funds to you
We are seeking 1M$ for 10% of the company
60-day period is incredibly short to sort out one's belongings (and dependents) but it at least promises a way to let you leave legally, with some dignity. This proposal of elimination just reads like a plan to render people illegal and hunt them down.
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The point of H1B is that the talent is so rare and valuable that it can’t be found domestically. If you get fired or laid off, hate to say it but you weren’t valuable enough to keep around.
How did things work under Clinton, Bush, and Obama?
No one seems to care in this admin. Absolutely wild.
We have to integrate millions of immigrants and their children from Latin America who have come to the US over the last decade. They’re going to want to have upward mobility for their children. The kids of the fruit pickers are going to want to become doctors and professionals just as with prior waves of low skill immigration. It makes no sense to import new skilled workers, especially as many of those jobs are going to be automated away.
The US med school system with residencies and med school slots needs a total overhaul. I'm not arguing that. I would rather have higher skilled immigrants than lower skilled if possible, and I would even prefer that to promoting less meritorious US workers if they are unqualified.
This is by design: https://www.newsweek.com/there-are-limited-spots-doctors-med...
It's probably better to make a little less in a country that will treat you far better.
Can you imagine living here for many years, having a rented house with all the furniture, a car, bank accounts, gym memberships, friend groups, kids enrolled in local schools, and then suddenly being thrown out of the country without even having a chance to liquidate any of it just because Meta or Amazon has just dropped another 10k people layoff and and you're unlucky to be a part of it?
slater•34m ago
jfewhfuehg•24m ago
This was the point of the visa. Now tell me how many people under H1B fall into that category.