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If you "imagine" the workers stayed in India, then the article wouldn't be about visas. But since the "reality" is that the workers are here on H1B, then the ar
by inerte 11y ago
If you "imagine" the workers stayed in India, then the article wouldn't be about visas. But since the "reality" is that the workers are here on H1B, then the article mentions visa.
Disclaimer: I am an immigrant in the US on a L visa.
- rwmj 11y agoSo the real story is something like Indians are prepared to work for less money whether they are in the US or in India. Abolishing H1B visas or cracking down on immigration won't make any difference to that.
- djb_hackernews 11y agothe H1-B visa gives American businesses the best of both worlds, cheap labor and asses in the seats. You only get one of those with outsourcing.
- apalmer 11y agoThe point is there are people all over the world who are willing to work for less money than Americans doing the same job. If the goal of the H1B visa program was 'import enough migrants to bring down the standard US salary' it probably wouldn't be legal because no politician would get behind it publicly. So this is really about calling a spade a spade...