Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

This is an incredibly tragedy for America. We just shut down skilled immigration into the US, and prevent existing skilled workers from changing jobs. Many of the most talented people I know are here on H1-B and J visashttps://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1275145241591525377 …

But can't this incentivize companies to invest in local labor more?

H-1Bs are for people who have unique skills that aren’t present in the local population. When those people aren’t brought here, those jobs are sent there. Skilled immigration makes America more competitive, and creates more jobs as a conseuqnce than it takes

Yeah, as someone who dealt with H1Bs in a former operations role I can tell you for a fact that it's not worth the hassle, the lawyer's fees, and especially the uncertainty if you can find what you need in a current legal resident

You can justify a whole lot of hassle if an H1B will accept $50k less than a local in comp.