Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she will introduce a bill to end H-1B visas, which allow companies to bring skilled foreign workers, days after Donald Trump backed the program.

  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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    15 hours ago

    It was a good thought

    It was never a good thing. It was only ever intended to put downward pressure on domestic workers wages and increase the labor pool.

    I would support an h1b program if the base wage had to be 10x the normal wage for the position they were hired. If you are truly an exemplary unicorn worker that can’t possibly be found in the rest of the US, then why not mandate a healthy and definitely non-exploitive wage for them?

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      9 hours ago

      That’s a fair point. When I say good thought, I was more referring to it being used as a stepping stone to help someone get into the USA to gain citizenship, not the way it’s used now. Which is slave labor that’s used to suppress wages of US citizens.