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> I don't think raising the fee fixes the abuse problems. It doesn't totally fix them, but it does make it so the applicant is more fairly compensated for acce
by cogman10 12d ago
> I don't think raising the fee fixes the abuse problems.
It doesn't totally fix them, but it does make it so the applicant is more fairly compensated for accepting a more abusive work environment. It also stops companies from using H1-Bs as a mechanism to reduce overhead.
> I think the best way to solve it is to remove or reduce the restrictions on staying in the country after they have worked here for some number of years.
I'd be for that as well. If someone comes in on a work visa I want them to either have full access to the labor market with all the freedoms any american citizen has, or I want their compensation to be high enough to justify locking them to a company and out of the general labor market.
- thayne 12d ago> but it does make it so the applicant is more fairly compensated for accepting a more abusive work environment How so? It increases the cost to the employer to hire an H1B employee, so they might hire less of them. But it could also mean they pay the employee less to compensate for the higher cost of bringing them in to the country.