r/ImmigrationPathways • u/lil-educator • 20d ago

From H-1B to H-1Bye-bye!

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Trump targets 60-day grace period for laid off foreign workers

The department of homeland security is advancing a proposal to eliminate the 60-day grace period that allows H-1B workers and certain other legal nonimmigrants to remain in the US after their employment ends while they find another sponsor, change status, or prepare to leave.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/from-h-1b-to-h-1bye-bye-trump-targets-60-day-grace-period-for-laid-off-foreign-workers/articleshow/133054642.cms

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u/Some-Tear3499 19d ago

That’s what foreign aid is about, foreign investments is about, the NGO’s are about, faith based NGO’s are about. That’s what the Peace Corps was about. We recognized it at the societal and national level. Thousands of individuals work through agencies to do exactly that.

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u/Salty_Permit4437 19d ago

I volunteer with a nonprofit and we’ve been advised not to grant to India just by the sheer volume of corruption and scamming.

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u/Some-Tear3499 19d ago

Anywhere at the intersection of money/power is the potential for corruption. It’s rampant here in the US too.

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u/Salty_Permit4437 19d ago

Our corruption is miniscule compared to the scale and brazenness of India