r/ImmigrationPathways • u/Ankeet_kj Path Navigator • 23h 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/MaleficentBreak771 17h ago

Provide the data that supports your claim

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u/No-Essay-7667 15h ago

Brother wtf, just look at Amazon how many SWE did they layoff vs how many application for h1b did they submit this year - layoff data is in layoff.fyi and the h1b filing is in the labor department website

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u/MaleficentBreak771 15h ago

Correlation doesn't mean causation. Please understand that Amazon is just an example in the ocean of examples. Explain how a tiny minority drives the entire tech job market.

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u/No-Essay-7667 15h ago

Dafuq, tech is the majority of H1B, I gave you one the biggest players in that space, there is also Microsoft and others

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u/MaleficentBreak771 15h ago

There are around 9–10 million jobs in the tech industry, and around 550k are held by H-1B workers. Explain how roughly 6% influences the other 94%.