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>it is frustrating that immigrants are still expected to just somehow pull it together But understandable, companies that use H1Bs tell us that the H1B holders
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>it is frustrating that immigrants are still expected to just somehow pull it together
But understandable, companies that use H1Bs tell us that the H1B holders are highly compensated and doing work that no available Americans can do.
I live in the bay area and I hear (rightfully and often) about the ways that xenophobes make life harder for immigrants (H1b / illegal / otherwise), but I never hear people commit to making the changes they can make here or prioritize the election of officials who will do things like approve enough housing to make it possible to get a 1 bedroom apartment for less than two thousand dollars in SF / Palo Alto / San Jose.
- yyyymmddhhmmss 8y ago>But understandable, companies that use H1Bs tell us that the H1B holders are highly compensated and doing work that no available Americans can do. And the incentives don’t line up. The employee has no responsibility to show this is the case, H1B employees are repeatedly found to be paid significantly less for equivalent work and responsibility, and the employer lock-in goes beyond the legal limits any US citizens. Misrepresenting consciousness of this problem as racism or xenophobia is a disingenuousness that people are rightfully losing patience for.