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mikert89yesterday at 11:54 PM4 repliesview on HN

Employers just hire experienced h1bs instead, they won’t leave after being trained, no reason to hire an American


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Newlaptoptoday at 12:40 AM

There are ~700k h1bs out of ~157 million American jobs. So about 99.6% of jobs in America are held by Americans and 0.4% by h1bs.

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chanktoday at 12:20 AM

And Americans leave because employers will just replace them with offshoring and h1bs to save money. It's a self perpetuating cycle. Loyalty goes both ways. Employees finally realized that they should be treating employers like employers have always treated employees. That's capitalism.

venturecrueltytoday at 4:01 AM

Oh good, I was worried this thread wouldn't have any anti-immigrant sentiment.

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bequannatoday at 12:15 AM

The h1b program can essentially be eliminated tomorrow. Trump could theoretically make h1b visas non-transferable, charge a high annual renewal, etc.

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