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 Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs

https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/austin/news/2026/04/03/oracle-files-thousands-of-h-1b-visa-petitions-amid-mass-layoffs/

#HackerNews #Oracle #H1B #Visa #MassLayoffs #TechNews #ImmigrationPolicy

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.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-visas-2676096820/

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

🛂 Silicon Valley can’t import talent like before. So it’s exporting jobs

｢ For every H-1B rejection, companies hire 0.4-0.9 employees abroad, and most of these roles are concentrated in India, China, and Canada, the study found. ｣

https://restofworld.org/2026/h1b-visa-impact-india-tech-hiring-faamng/?utm_campaign=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss

#outsourcing #h1b #immigration

#RawStory - 6:10pm

#NeoNazi influencr 'can't wait' 2 see #Trump & Cabint impeachd aftr 'betraying' #MAGA

#FarRight #WhiteNationalist & #Nazi sympathizr #NickFuentes →now so far off Trump train he's relishing idea o #Democrats taking ovr & impeaching prez

"I can’t wait 4 #Republicans 2 get destroyed in #midterms & then 4 Trump & his cabinet 2 get impeached. Aftr totally betraying their own voters on #deportations, #Iran, #H1B’s, & #EpsteinFiles, they deserve 2 b fired"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fuentes/