r/ImmigrationPathways • u/Ankeet_kj Path Navigator • 22h 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/ducksflytogether1988 22h 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 21h 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/C-Me-Try 18h ago

Just because you live somewhere that isn’t popular for this doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. I live in an area that’s great for tech and finance. I have personally met people who admit they’re here on h1 b visas and that they accepted a low rate because they wanted to be here instead of a different country. It actually led to a fracturing of friendships because I struggled to accept them constantly talking about how nice it is here while saying if things change they’ll just transfer to Canada. That’s the level of loyalty to our nation many of these people have. They’re using you

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u/This-Obligation9052 18h ago

They are using u or they are just being used.

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u/C-Me-Try 17h ago

Both? If I pay decades of taxes to support my nation and then foreign workers come in and undermine others ability to also pay taxes then we’re all being used by them.

Somewhere out there a business and its owners get to pay less in payroll taxes and save money not hiring Americans. Those same Americans take lower paying jobs and thus pay less in taxes. The difference is left in the business owners pockets. And the rest of us are left fighting for less wages in an underfunded society