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> Anyone can come in and just apply for jobs, get work visa and steal a job from an American citizen. The main mistake being made here is assuming that employm
by strongpigeon 2y ago
> Anyone can come in and just apply for jobs, get work visa and steal a job from an American citizen.
The main mistake being made here is assuming that employment is a fixed sum game. Bringing highly skilled individuals from around the world to the US promotes US growth. A study has even shown that higher H-1B denial rate results in a decrease of US positions by multinational companies. [0]
> If American Labor is subjected to unchecked global competition from global talent pool, then so should be American Capital.
I'm not sure how that follows. Protective tariffs as a response to state subsidies don't really have an equivalent for labor.
[0] https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/25.01.03_h-1b_visa_program_fact_sheet.pdf https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/fil...
- slt2021 2y agoYou need to talk to any fresh American undergrad senior about their struggle finding forst job, especially in CS. Just do a mental exercise: do you want your children to compete with the whole world For their first job out of college? Look at Canada and whats happening there. Goant influx of foreigners and severe crisis in job market and housing. Do you want to subject your kids to global competition for jobs and housing? Is America a nation or just an economic zone for anyone to come in, work, pay taxes and consume goods ?
- artistic_regard 2y ago[dead]
- stackskipton 2y agoJust to note, American Immigration Council is made up with Immigration lawyers. I doubt they are going to be like "Wow, this is terrible idea, time to put myself out of a job by advocating against it." Next up, getting advice from Microsoft Software Developer Foundation about best Desktop OS to run.
- strongpigeon 2y agoI guess that's somewhat fair, though doesn't refute the study they're citing from UPenn [0] [0]: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aevyu53k3e9nnt8d4ki8m/BGlennon_JMP-Draft.pdf?rlkey=c8fhmt52n17dr5tkdm4ylt3c5&e=1&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aevyu53k3e9nnt8d4ki8m/BGlenno...