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The article is about semiconductor manufacturing. That's not a labor intensive manufacturing industry where the US workforce has a disadvantage in.
by magicsmoke 6y ago
The article is about semiconductor manufacturing. That's not a labor intensive manufacturing industry where the US workforce has a disadvantage in.
- WheelsAtLarge 6y agoThat's not necessarily correct. True the US is a top manufacturer but a lot of key personnel are imported from other countries since they can't be found in the US. https://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2019-H1B-Visa-Category.aspx?T=IN https://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2019-H1B-Visa-Category.as...
- jcranmer 6y agoIf you look at the data, you'll notice that the dominating H1-B visa category is some variation on the IT workers. You'll also notice that many of the largest companies are Indian offshoring companies. So the number of visas there aren't reflective so much of a skills shortage in the US as a desire to hire foreign people for cheaper.