> We need to encourage a corporate mindset that believes in the importance of building up the American talent pool to tackle not only the challenge in front of

> We need to encourage a corporate mindset that believes in the importance of building up the American talent pool to tackle not only the challenge in front of them but the array of challenges that the future will bring." YC partner Ankit Gupta: hiring Americans first is DEI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467325 - August 2026 (2 comments) H-1B Middlemen Bring Cheap Labor to Citi, Capital One - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44398978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44398978 - June 2025 (4 comments) India's Tata Consultancy Was Gaming the US Visa System - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43088906 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43088906 - February 2025 (59 comments) How middlemen are gaming the H-1B program - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41123945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41123945 - July 2024 (57 comments) [https://github.com/BloombergGraphics/2024-h1b-immigration-data https://github.com/BloombergGraphics/2024-h1b-immigration-da...] The Secret Way Silicon Valley Uses the H-1B Program - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/silicon-valley-s-h-1b-secret https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/silicon-v... | https://archive.today/qffNT https://archive.today/qffNT - June 2017 Ergo, laws will be required to "encourage" the corporate paperclip maximizer apparatus. When did asking nicely ever work? "Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphising the lawnmower."