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I think people would be more sympathetic to this if the tech job market wasn’t completely frozen as it is now. Hard to make the case for more immigration when s
by OGEnthusiast 9mo ago
I think people would be more sympathetic to this if the tech job market wasn’t completely frozen as it is now. Hard to make the case for more immigration when so many American CS grads are struggling with unemployment. E.g. I think they should ask their CEOs to hire more people before asking for more immigration.
- freejazz 9mo agoThe letter does not appear to ask for "more immigration"
- OGEnthusiast 9mo agoIf you are calling for an indefinite pause on immigration enforcement, the optics of that are de-facto pro-immigration, e.g. who is going to enforce worker visas overstays if not ICE?
- lazyasciiart 9mo agoAt tech companies? The company lawyers and HR, just like today. They are asking for a pause on immigration raids.
- OGEnthusiast 9mo agoFrom what I’ve seen, tech companies are very lax about visa overstays. I’ve never heard of a tech company that actually enforces visa overstays or violations. (Why would they?)
- w0de0 9mo agoAh, so you admit that ICE’s public work of late has nothing to do with tech worker’s visas? They can just slide by while the more vulnerable are harassed?
- viraptor 9mo agoINS (or its new parts) like before ICE was created in 2003? Otherwise the standard rules around hiring that apply across the country.
- freejazz 9mo agoThey are not calling for an indefinite pause on immigration enforcement.
- legitster 9mo agoThis is kind of a silly argument as any sort of action on H1b visas has been perennially stalled, and ICE "enforcement" actions are specifically targeting the underprivileged or low skill labor.
- OGEnthusiast 9mo agoSure, just saying the optics of this is unlikely to garner much sympathy from the public. They should instead ask their bosses to cut down on H1B hiring then instead of ICE raids if ICE has nothing to do with tech.
- legitster 9mo agoMy H1B teammates are awesome. I would rather keep them here in the States, thank you very much. Perhaps our current administration could maybe reverse their policy course that has making us shed all of our international customers and making our domestic customers have to tighten their belts?
- estimator7292 9mo agoI would just like fewer masked maniacs abducting and murdering civilians in broad daylight