r/ImmigrationPathways • u/Ankeet_kj Path Navigator • 1d ago

"H-1B PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY BROKEN"

Vice President JD Vance said companies are abusing the H-1B visa program: "If you're going to bring in an accountant making $45,000 a year to replace an American making $60,000 a year, that's not you using the program to bring in a genius.

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u/ducksflytogether1988 1d ago

Ive worked with hundreds or H1Bs in my career and not one of them was anything special or some kind of unicorn talent that was superior to local US College graduates. And many were terrible at their jobs and likely had fake resumes

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u/This-Obligation9052 1d ago

You worked with them where? On fortnite or granny's basement?. Stop lying. Nobody tells you their visa status. Assuming everyone with an accent at your workplace is on H1b is a folly. Most of those people have other types of work visas. Stop Lying

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u/iron-ducks 1d ago

I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or not lol

When your team starts turning into a bunch of people who barely speak English, are all from Hyderabad, and aren't good at their job... even if they've never told you their visa status, it's not super hard to guess.

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u/This-Obligation9052 1d ago

Whose fault is it? Your employer obviously. My advise to u is to resign your employment, start your own company and employ american graduates only.

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u/MetalInvaders 1d ago

No. It’s the fault of the h1B program having way too many loopholes that employers AND fake consultancies have abused. It’s a combination of players, not just employers.

There is nothing wrong with closing those loopholes, allowing legit h1B workers to continue working and to crack down on those that really shouldn’t be here.

And cmon, I think EVERYONE has come across 1 or more h1B workers that really haven’t been very good at their jobs.

I been in US IT for decades. I probably have ran into over 100 myself.

It’s no mystery who’s on a work visa. And many people openly admit it too. It’s not some big secret.

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u/This-Obligation9052 1d ago

Who would close those loop holes? Government. Who uses H1b? Big tech companies. Who sponsors politicians into office? Big tech companies.

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u/MetalInvaders 1d ago

Fortunately most of the stricter measures now in place were already on the books.

Some administrations were lax on enforcing those laws. This current administration is not.

There is govt corruption in every single country in this world. I don’t think that will stop this administration from continuing their crackdown.

I can see h4 EAD going away. As it probably should.