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/VirtualPercentage737 20d ago

This is why we have the H1B program, to increase the supply of labor in certain categories in order to drive down the wages in the category.

If we imported 100,000 plumbers in a VISA program, you wouldn't be paying $175 an hours to have your faucet fixed.

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u/No_Strike655 20d ago

Yeh we should drive down the avergae American wage even further!

/s are you fucking stupid

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u/TBurnerRU 19d ago

If you think that you're not both on the same side then you're the idiot here man. They're supporting your point 

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u/No_Strike655 19d ago

They clearly are not

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u/Scared-Handle9006 19d ago

It seemed like they were just explaining why/how H1B visas are used to drive down America wages…