“I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them,” Trump said by phone, referring to the H-1B program, which permits companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations.
“I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program,” added Trump, who restricted access to foreign worker visas in his first administration and has been critical of the program in the past.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
H1Bs number 60k per year. It’s a nothingburger to anyone who isn’t a codemonkey or a terminally online racist
it’s a nothingburger for codemonkeys too. The real problem is everyone and their grandma learned to code between 2010 and 2020 and the industry is no longer growing at a pace that can hire everybody.
I dunno the tech team I’m on is like 80% immigrants and it’s not a small team
That’s cool cause the tech team I’m on is like 80% americans and it’s not a small team, so I guess we’re even.
I mean that’s not a nothing burger. Not trying to be a dick but you haven’t run into the Tatas and cognizants?
Where are you going with this? Am I supposed to draw some kind of conclusion about immigration because Indian consulting companies abuse their workers and the visa system?
It’s not the consulting firms nor the immigrants that are a problem although the firms are problems themselves. It is the exploitation of cheaper foreign labor to undermine US labor.
It’s also been very obvious in tech and other fields that h1b visas are being abused.
I’m not really making any broader point except that I think it is an issue for tech workers.
Outsourcing is a huge issue as well