#h-1b — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #h-1b, aggregated by home.social.
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“Nearly a third of a[n H-1B] work-petition fee is earmarked for immigration courts. Another billion-plus is earmarked for ICE. Specialty-occupation employers are being converted into a revenue stream for removal infrastructure. That is not adjudication pricing. That is a labor tax designed to fund the cage.”
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YC Partner H-1B Comments Spark Controversy
https://www.ababnews.com/news/a626cd7e-5749-414f-a159-d204f221e2be
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49462779
#HackerNews #YC #Partner #H1B #Controversy #TechNews #Immigration #Debate #StartupCommunity
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Poll on social media history
BEFORE D Trump, eg before about 2015, most liberals on social media - ie twitter - thought H1B visas were bad, as they basically allowed B Gates to avoid paying Americans a decent wage by importing worker who could be paid less
True or False
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🛂 Trump administration moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas
｢ The fee would not apply to visas granted to foreign citizens already in the United States on student visas, who make up a large share of new H-1B recipients, or to renewals of current visas ｣
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-administration-moves-impose-more-131727979.html
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Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy (July 2026)
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35560
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49239095
#HackerNews #H1B #Immigration #US #Economy #LongRun #Effects #ImmigrationPolicy
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Well, that must suck. Working on a project in the US. Project gets transferred to India.
The obvious thing would have been that the company talk to him about returning to India.
Weird upon weird.
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As U.S.-India ties fray, America's most successful immigrants still lack a voice in Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/28/world/missing-india-washington-lobby/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #indianamericans #siliconvalley #google #microsoft #joebiden #quad #donaldtrump #h1b #immigration #usindianrelations #visas
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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 07-01-26
I have not published "daily" Pook-Emu Bee links since June 23. But today is the start of a new month. Let us turn over a new leaf in July with the Pook-Emu Bee. 1. Nina Totenberg Sincerely Apologizes For An Inexplicable Error (Josh Blackman at The Volokh Conspiracy. June 30, 2026.) Her explanation for falsely reporting that Justice Alito was retiring makes no sense. But then again, even given her partisan impulses (noted by Mr. Blackman in the article), it is hard to figure what the game […]https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-07-01-26/
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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-09-26
I am on a daily Pook-Emu Bee links roll. Today, I keep it doing with a third consecutive edition of the links. 1. Construction of jail in tony NYC nabe turns into potentially deadly ‘clown show’ with failling debris: records, locals (Nicole Rosenthal, Kevin Sheehan, and Katherine Donlevy for the New York Post. June 8, 2026.) Boerum Hill is "tony" but that particular stretch of it was not "tony" even before the monstrous jail construction project (not least because the new jail is […]https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-06-09-26/
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/2 #MyThoughts –
Good. Trump's imposition of the exorbitant fees on certain work visas puts an unfair burden on companies, especially in certain industries (eg., tech & healthcare). And it compromises smaller businesses who will fare worse than larger ones with more means.
Also, it's interesting that the judge called the imposition of those fees on #H1B work visas taxation, effectively making Trump's fees taxation without representation (via Congress).
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Ok, but how is this the role of the state?
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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.
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Oracle’s strategy: lay off employees 🤖 while filing thousands of H-1B #petitions to hire “cheaper” replacements. Because who needs #job #security when you can have a revolving door of bewildered workers? 🚪💼
https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/austin/news/2026/04/03/oracle-files-thousands-of-h-1b-visa-petitions-amid-mass-layoffs/ #Oracle #layoffs #H1B #workforce #issues #HackerNews #ngated -
Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs
#HackerNews #Oracle #H1B #Visa #MassLayoffs #TechNews #ImmigrationPolicy
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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