Ok, but how is this the role of the state?
RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8m4p3ukz/-/a-lyLNjQfRQJKEoDaSRVJTpw%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0
Do U.S. voters realize the scale and cost of the 47th #POTUS's *drastic* #immigration "slow-walking"?
This backlog is bigger than ALL FOUR YEARS of the 45th POTUS's term.
It's stopped TONS of #science by removing work authorization from LOADS of #scientists who were ALREADY LEGALLY WORKING HERE FOR YEARS (e.g., when graduating Ph.D. #students or #postdocs have to transition to an H-1B #visa when OPT expires).
We had to halt multiple #decisionScience projects when a Research Project Manager completed their doctorate. Why? Because #USCIS simply isn't processing certain #OPT applications — and #H1B processing is much slower than normal times. In the past year, the #UnitedStates multiplied this loss of #innovation and #productivity by HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS! And with no detectable benefit to #security, etc.
Naturally, the highest-skilled foreign nationals are taking their skills to other countries, contributing to further #brainDrain from the #USA.
Incredible waste and inefficiency.
Oracle, the software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed thousands of petitions for H-1B visas in the past two fiscal years, even as it lays off thousands of American workers as part of a broader organizational shift. Federal data shows Oracle filed for 2,690 H-1B visas in fiscal year 2025 and 436 so far in fiscal year 2026, totaling over 3,100 visa requests.
Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs
#HackerNews #Oracle #H1B #Visa #MassLayoffs #TechNews #ImmigrationPolicy
Oracle, the software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed thousands of petitions for H-1B visas in the past two fiscal years, even as it lays off thousands of American workers as part of a broader organizational shift. Federal data shows Oracle filed for 2,690 H-1B visas in fiscal year 2025 and 436 so far in fiscal year 2026, totaling over 3,100 visa requests.
CW: US Politics
Trump admin wants to boost wages for H-1B green card applicants - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/h1b-green-card-visa-wage-level-change-trump-11748581 #H1B #Visa #Labor #USPolitics #TechNews
Effing dumbass, lol
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Via #RawStory 7:08pm EST - Mar 12, 2026
'Absolutely incredible': Trump's #immigration scheme blows up in his face
#Trump instituted a drastic change 2 the legal immigration process in recent months, implementing new $100,000 fee 4 noncitizens 2 enter the United States on an #H1B visa, a program used to import high-skilled workers like engineers
However, with the program in force, the net effect has been a drop in revenue for the government.
President Donald Trump instituted a drastic change to the legal immigration process in recent months, implementing a new $100,000 fee for noncitizens to enter the United States on an H-1B visa, a program used to import high-skilled workers like engineers.However, with the program in force, the net e...
IT Staffing Firms (TCS, Cognizant, Infosis Underpay Developers by 80–100%
https://h1bdatahub.com/blog/cognizant-tcs-infosys-low-h1b-salaries-exposed
#HackerNews #ITStaffing #Firms #Underpay #Developers #H1B #Salaries #TCS #Cognizant #Infosis
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