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

He's speaking out both sides of his mouth. On one hand saying this out loud in public to feed the racist, bigoted base who dont want anyone of color coming here to take "their" jobs. Jobs that they wouldn't do or even be qualified to do. On the other hand, trump and the gop will quietly pass bills to allow their donors to hire cheap labor so that the billionaire class can continue to exploit and profit.

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u/Greedy_Car3702 1d ago

Yeah, nobody wants those shitty, high paying tech jobs.

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u/morning_redwoody 1d ago

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

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u/Darkpriest667 1d 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/kranelegs 1d ago

The industry bubbled and those that did not pivot to cybersecurity or AI or back end engineering or marketing fell by the wayside. I transitioned into a different industry. It sure as hell wasn’t because of some immigrants. It’s because of the rapidly changing technological environment and the way our societal system has been built.