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H-1B, the input stream for these skilled immigrants, do not have any such per-country limits. But the green card process does. This brings into existence a larg
by mavelikara 10y ago
H-1B, the input stream for these skilled immigrants, do not have any such per-country limits. But the green card process does. This brings into existence a large number of skilled immigrants who have their stay in the country tied to their job. This weakens their negotiation power, and contributes significantly to the wage depression you talk about.
Even NumbersUSA do not oppose removing this [1] restriction. Yet, you are _for_ keeping the per-country quotas. Why?
[1]:https://www.numbersusa.org/content/news/november-30-2011/sen-chuck-grassley-place-hold-employment-based-visa-bill.html https://www.numbersusa.org/content/news/november-30-2011/sen...
- serge2k 10y agoI'm (selfishly) for keeping them because I don't want to get stuck in line with the huge backlog of people from India and China. That's a lousy reason though. I'm not going to spend a decade living a shitty life waiting though. So if the per country caps go I might just give up.
- mavelikara 10y ago> I'm not going to spend a decade living a shitty life waiting though. Obama administration estimated that with the per country quotas removed, the backlogs for everyone will be gone in under 5 years. Sure, that is worser than getting your GC in a year.