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> Legal immigrants like H1Bs pay the same taxes as any citizen or a permanent resident. Moreover, primary H-1B holders are basically by definition selected to
by paulgb 5y ago
> Legal immigrants like H1Bs pay the same taxes as any citizen or a permanent resident.
Moreover, primary H-1B holders are basically by definition selected to be the subset of the population that poses a negative burden on society. They have a steady job (if they lose it they get deported); they have health and criminal background checks; they are college-educated. Some other country took the burden of educating them and took on the risk that they’d turn out to be a deadbeat, and the US receives them as a taxpaying adult.
(Full disclosure, I was an H-1B holder.)
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- pyuser583 5y agoI wasn’t aware an H1-B holder was subject to deportation as soon as they lost their job. I thought losing your job created a weird legal grey area, where you were allowed to stay in the country and look for work, but couldn’t reenter if you left.
- samspenc 5y agoThe clock starts ticking as soon as a H1B holder loses their job, so they have to find a job ASAP before the deadline. I can't remember the exact number but I think it is 30-60 days max after a layoff. And if they don't get a job by then, they have to leave the country, otherwise they are basically an illegal immigrant at that point (overstayed beyond permitted visa), and no company that wants to now sponsor them for a H1B can hire them.
- pyuser583 5y agoOk gotcha. Thanks.