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And I mean no offense to anyone who's here on a work visa. You are sad pawns in an evil game. How do you expect this to not be offensive? Drop the fake courtes
by mustpax 16y ago
And I mean no offense to anyone who's here on a work visa. You are sad pawns in an evil game.
How do you expect this to not be offensive? Drop the fake courtesy.
While we are laying out anecdotal evidence in support of our causes let me just say that when I got a job straight out of college I had better offers than most of my American classmates. I for one was not a cheap replacement for domestic labor.
Even if that were the case you can't talk about the broken H1B system without talking about the broken Green Card process. Give people an easy path to a GC and they have no reason to work below market wages. But if you simply do not want to complete with people who happen to not be born in your country then that's a different issue.
- ax0n 16y agoI'll admit, the path to a GC is equally broken. And I genuinely feel bad for most immigrants here in the US. Sure, they might have it better here than they do elsewhere. Why else would bright folks leave the comfort and familiarity of their home to work here? But still, it seems like indentured servitude most of the time. Believe me, my sentiments were not superficial.
- thirdusername 16y agoWhy would bright folks in the US leave the comfort and familiarity of their home to work elsewhere in the US? Or if you think that's a false analogy then keep in mind that there are plenty of European, Kiwi, Aussie, Canadian etc. immigrants to US as well. There are plenty of reasons to leave the country you are born in, and not all of them implies that you had it worse before. Wanting to get away from comfort and familiarity is in itself a reason to emigrate.