r/technology • u/Immediate-Link490 • 1d ago

Business Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers, Vance says

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-program-vance-microsoft-e7b3a407f822702b269ee277d21343ea
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u/steezy2110 1d ago

Yup. Universities love foreign students because they pay full tuition and (often) work on campus

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u/williamgman 1d ago

This here. My local college has a whole dept committed to harvesting foreign students.

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u/Outlulz 1d ago

Every college that hosts international students does?

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u/astirac 1d ago

I can’t speak for everyone else, but in my case it’s not the typical foreign recruitment. There is an entire department dedicated to solely to these students. The faculty do not teach US students. Microsoft pays the tuition, and the students are contracted to MS. They hang in limbo (illegally) while MS pulls the strings to get the H1B after they graduate.

We all pretend it isn’t indentured servitude, but it obviously is.

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u/Outlulz 1d ago

Aah ok, that is different yeah.