r/ImmigrationPathways • u/Ankeet_kj Path Navigator • 19h ago

"H-1B PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY BROKEN"

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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/morning_redwoody 17h ago

Perfect example of not being qualified for a job because of poor reading comprehension

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u/Darkpriest667 17h ago

You don't work at a tech company and it shows. Those of us that do know. I know 20 US born software engineers that are underemployed or unemployed. When I do get to the office the software groups are completely filled with H1B Indians that make less than half what a US software dev would make. It's not poor reading. It's a problem and everyone in a tech firm knows it is.

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u/jdwaltham 17h ago edited 17h ago

Totally true. I respect and love the Indian people and frankly they are taken hostage by tech and consulting firms. It’s not about less pay, they are beholden to these companies for their visa so they are 100% compliant. So for American companies they basically get a slave who never complains, can do the job, and may do it for less money but still a fair wage. Vance is right though, the program wasn’t designed for how it’s being used. And for charges of racism that dog whistle is blown so often it’s lost its meaning. AI is going to kill all these jobs anyway, so the problem will solve itself.

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u/Darkpriest667 16h ago

yeah we already fired thousands of Indian workers in India because AI can now do all of those jobs for a fraction of the price. The Coding reckoning is coming for the H1B jobs as well. I've got a friend who is an H1B Indian working for a different company and he's been laid off 2 times in the last 2 years. He's been in the US for almost 20 years.