- 27 Apr 2017 20:50
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I don't think you can find any opponent's arguments that makes sense. Someone may say, oh you say so since you don't plan to go to US. In fact, even if I do want to find a job in U.S., I can't accept a job with some $60,000 pay, in other words the higher salary threshold won't harm me.
We know that the current H-1B places have become so scarce that they use lottery to select applicants. The lottery is the most ridicules idea, as it just lacks a reasonable criterion and makes the visa program a game. The Democratic's answer is, to double the places. Does it solve the fundamental problem? We know visa speculators like Tata/Infosys are abusing the program with low quality workers. If you simply lift the cap, it just results in more visas from those speculators while genuine & highly qualified applicants still rely on lottery to decide their fates. That doesn't fix the problem but makes even more low quality workers flood the US job market.
By contrast, Trump's new policy just makes those senior engineers working for, say Microsoft/NVIDIA/Sony/Qualcomm easier to move to the US.
In fact the similar debate took place in Australia/New Zealand these days too. The lefts have to think more about the fundamental reason why most authorities & voters dislike low skilled migrant workers, before trying to convince us - We need low skilled migrant workers, the more the better to our country.
The difference is Labor parties in both Australia and New Zealand have long turned to anti-immigration, it's the "right" parties there favoring open-door policy.
We know that the current H-1B places have become so scarce that they use lottery to select applicants. The lottery is the most ridicules idea, as it just lacks a reasonable criterion and makes the visa program a game. The Democratic's answer is, to double the places. Does it solve the fundamental problem? We know visa speculators like Tata/Infosys are abusing the program with low quality workers. If you simply lift the cap, it just results in more visas from those speculators while genuine & highly qualified applicants still rely on lottery to decide their fates. That doesn't fix the problem but makes even more low quality workers flood the US job market.
By contrast, Trump's new policy just makes those senior engineers working for, say Microsoft/NVIDIA/Sony/Qualcomm easier to move to the US.
In fact the similar debate took place in Australia/New Zealand these days too. The lefts have to think more about the fundamental reason why most authorities & voters dislike low skilled migrant workers, before trying to convince us - We need low skilled migrant workers, the more the better to our country.
The difference is Labor parties in both Australia and New Zealand have long turned to anti-immigration, it's the "right" parties there favoring open-door policy.
- By Pants-of-dog