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If immigrants are coming into fill high-paying jobs, then by definition there is already an ability for the existing population to get better pay: fill those hi
by mpyne 4y ago
If immigrants are coming into fill high-paying jobs, then by definition there is already an ability for the existing population to get better pay: fill those high-paying jobs!
That is already accounted for in programs like H1B. If the job remains high-paying even with H1Bs then we clearly have room for more people to join the labor market, including immigrants.
- ceeplusplus 4y agoH1B is broken. Most H1B's that come in are sweat shop / "consulting" workers that get paid low, worked to the bone, and don't really have a differentiated skillset to current US residents. People who actually have differentiated skills get fucked by the lottery or get forced to get a Master's/PhD to have a better chance.
- geraldwhen 4y agoH1b workers depress wages by increasing the supply of workers. Most h1bs I work with have no more experience, and some less, than a graduating CS major with no prior job experience.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoAlso by being restricted to one employer so the H1B worker cannot sell their labor to the highest bidder.
- qaq 4y agoYou do realize that most decent size US companies have presence in EU, Canada, India etc. and can easily shift open racks to those offices (and they actively do). As an example Apple has doubled it's head count in Cork Ireland a few times.
- DANK_YACHT 4y agoThe why do they need H1Bs? They clearly want the best of both worlds. Cheap labor in their time zone. H1Bs obviously increase the skilled labor supply. If the laws of supply and demand are true, the price of labor will fall as supply rises.
- geraldwhen 4y agoI work in an international company where that is absolutely not the case. India and China development is limited for regulatory reasons, but we do employ as many people there as possible.
- qaq 4y agoI did not say all but "most" do :)
- the_only_law 4y agoWhat makes me suspicious is that everyone in many of “the sciences” is very sure to note that there very little room in the labor market.