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FortWayneHatesRealtors says

We used to train people to do these jobs. Now we import cheap foreigners instead.

Human history is full of human greed for money and power.

gabbar says

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

We used to train people to do these jobs. Now we import cheap foreigners instead.

Human history is full of human greed for money and power.

Yep, nothing new. Nations often collapsed from their internal greed, sad to watch a train wreck coming and not being able to stop it.

indc says

It will slow down Americas growth with these isolation policies.

America is in decline and our advances are stagnating with a festering all eggs in the AI basket.
And I ask who is engineering AI? that's right!! Indians.
So it seems about 90% of all America's R&D is going into AI or some other techie preachie crap. Then what ever manufacturing we're doing, has been outsourced. So no, we as the nation citizens are not benefiting by all of the influx of immigrants, and exported labor. While the producers and investors are making money hand over fist, convincing the MSNBC and CNN watchers, that America doesn't have skilled labor to do anything from pick crops, to build AI flustered rocket ships.

We thought we were getting people to scrub our shorts, but what we got is a workforce replacement, and stagnating innovation.

Tenpoundbass says

And I ask who is engineering AI? that's right!! Indians.

No, that's a broad brush. We have enough Indians to do what needs to be done, we don't need them anymore. They should be shut out.

gabbar says

President spoke in favor of H-1B visa program today, within the context of military missile design. I hope he realizes that only a handful of H-1B visa holders work in really niche jobs and these folks deserve the H-1B visas. Majority of H-1B visa holders are cheap slave labor for benefit of corporate America and hollowing of American middle class. This is what I expected from this billionaire administration...they are for corporate America, not the ordinary people. Fook it.

indc says

Indian govt asking it citizens to not go to other countries and develop those countries. Instead stay back and develop India dream.

More like... shut out US citizens by taking over Silicon Valley and then take the ideas/code and replicate back in India to make knockoffs. China is sort of similar but with more emphasis of taking the code and somewhat less about taking over Silicon Valley.

Both countries have enough workforce to easily overwhelm a country 1/4 the size (and 1/10 the size if you are only counting young working-age people).

It should be, we the corporations

https://cis.org/Parsing-Immigration-Policy/Industrialized-Fraud-H1B-Visa-Program

‘Industrialized’ Fraud in the H-1B Visa Program
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 231

Summary: In the latest episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, sits down with Mahvash Siddiqui, a U.S. Foreign Service officer, to discuss systemic fraud in the H-1B visa program. Speaking in her private capacity, Ms. Siddiqui shares firsthand experiences from her time as a consular officer in Chennai (Madras), India – one of the world’s largest H-1B visa-processing posts – where U.S. officials adjudicated thousands of nonimmigrant visas, including 220,000 H-1Bs and 140,000 H-4 visas for their family members in 2024 alone.

The episode highlights alarming patterns of fraud affecting the H-1B program, including forged degrees, falsified employment credentials, and the role of third-party staffing companies in bypassing the program’s original rationale of admitting skilled workers to meet temporary shortages. While the Trump administration implemented changes aimed at reorienting the program toward more qualified applicants, Siddiqui emphasizes that widespread political pressure and a very effective Indian lobby here in the U.S. have often undermined quality control.

The conversation provides insight into the challenges faced by consular officers attempting to curb visa fraud, including under-resourcing, bureaucratic obstacles, and pressure from both local and foreign political actors. The episode concludes with a discussion of potential reforms to ensure the program serves its intended purpose.

Host, Jessica Vaughan is the Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies
Guest, Mahvash Siddiqui is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.

About 85,000 new H‑1Bs were issued for FY 2025, and over 600,000 H‑1B workers were present in the U.S. in January 2025.

The standard H‑1B cap is 65,000 visas per fiscal year.
An additional 20,000 visas are reserved for foreign nationals with U.S. advanced degrees.

Lottery System: Each year, USCIS receives far more registrations than available slots. For FY 2025, registrations were hundreds of thousands, but only ~85,000 were selected.
• Policy Changes: In 2025, new restrictions and higher fees ($100,000 per application under a presidential proclamation) reshaped employer participation.
• Employer Trends: Large U.S. tech companies dominate approvals, while Indian outsourcing firms saw a sharp decline

Total Population:
• As of early 2025, estimates show over 600,000 H‑1B workers in the U.S., including renewals and extensions.
• The majority are employed in technology, healthcare, engineering, and finance.

South Indians going tribal and launching personal attack against President Trump's wives. They roped in Vivek Ramaswamy too.

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