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As with many thing this administration has done, this move may have some nefarious and xenophobic motivations. I don't want to speculate about those things. Ho
by totalZero 6y ago
As with many thing this administration has done, this move may have some nefarious and xenophobic motivations. I don't want to speculate about those things.
However, I have heard the notion that, with unemployment numbers soaring, the American job market ought to prioritize the re-employment of Americans before serving the employment interests of foreign nationals.
I don't know what the numbers are, but anecdotally I know a few people in my social circle who are highly skilled/educated and have been jobless due to the pandemic.
Will this work visa suspension be a positive development for those people?
- Daishiman 6y agoIt's just going to continue pushing forward the hiring of qualified remote talent and satellite offices elsewhere. In my circle nobody's been seriously thinking about emigrating to the US if they have the option to go to Germany, Switzerland, Spain or the UK instead.
- digianarchist 6y agoThe US will always be the outlier when it comes to both opportunities and salaries. I personally still plan on moving to the US but my employer changing their transfer policy the day after Trump's inauguration certainly didn't help.
- empath75 6y agoI can’t afford an American au pair. My wife will have to quit her job if those visas are permanently suspended.
- usaar333 6y agoThat's the goal of a nontrivial number of social conservatives.
- esoterica 6y agoThe job market is not zero sum. Immigrants do not take jobs from locals or drive wages down. Why do you think immigrant-rich cities like NYC and SF have higher incomes and more robust job markets than places like rural WV with few immigrants? Millions of Americans work for companies founded by immigrants, or on projects started by immigrants. Millions of Americans work in offices that were only set up because companies wanted to take advantage of the concentration of talent in places like NY or SF that only exists because of immigration. These Americans wouldn't have their jobs without immigration.
- mzz80 6y agoThe truth is that if they are without a job, then they aren’t highly qualified. A degree does not make someone highly qualified. Tech companies have always had trouble finding enough talent. If they can’t find the talent in the US, then they will be forced to hire outside the US.