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Microsoft calls for $5B investment in U.S. education
- enraged_camel 14y ago>>To pay for the $500-million-a-year investment in education, Smith proposed that Congress add 20,000 high-skill immigration visas dedicated to workers in STEM fields to the existing 85,000 H-1B visas allowed each year. Congress should charge $10,000 for each of the 20,000 H-1Bs, he said. H-1B applications normally cost about $2,800 for large companies. As a current H1B holder, this infuriates me. How is it a rational plan to more than triple the cost of H1Bs? Doing so will only make it more difficult for skilled foreigners to find jobs in the United States, creating a very large shortage in the short term.