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It's tough to convince America that you need to import immigrants because there isn't a single American that can possibly fill the job. Some candidate (cough) i
by jimbob45 7y ago
It's tough to convince America that you need to import immigrants because there isn't a single American that can possibly fill the job. Some candidate (cough) is going to bring that up in the next election and I'm not sure I've seen a legitimate argument against it that isn't a generalization.
- throwaway082729 7y agoYou mean single, unemployed, qualified American who really wants that job. There are probably thousands of Americans that can take up that job but don't want to because they don't want to move or like their current job or don't like that company, etc.
- neetdeth 7y agoOr they can't take up that job because they don't have the credentials because they didn't pursue education in the field because education in America is expensive, and there is no market incentive to do so because everyone knows that the positions that do exist are quickly filled with low-to-median wage hires with overseas credentials, which is circularly justified by a perennial shortage of qualified American candidates, somehow, despite a population of 330M. Even in legitimate cases of difficult to find specialty labor, programs like H-1B should be sparingly applied because they jam the market signaling mechanisms that create qualified candidates in the first place.
- favorited 7y agoBig tech companies aren't going to replace H-1B consultants with Americans, they'll just fill those roles offshore.