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@WondrousBl4ckBoxCommentsCentre-Right perspective1yr ago

Here’s a proposal on how the Trump administration can institute H-1B reform without congress through formal rule-making (congress should work on reform too, or, quite frankly, just gut the entire program):

1. Tighten the definition regarding "specialty occupations"

2. Raise the lowest prevailing wage level to the 75th percentile for the occupation and local area

3. Require companies that LEASE H-1Bs from Indian IT outsourcing firms to also have to file for H-1B visas petitions for each worker they lease

4. Establish proper employer-employee relationship: maintaining a clear employer-employee relationship even when the employee is working offsite. Employer must still have control over the employee even if they’re working offsite at client’s location

4. Increase the application fee to enter the visa lottery to $500 per beneficiary

5. H-1B lottery selection should be based on highest wages offered and qualifications

6. Increase worksite visits

7. Bring back H-1B abuse tip line service

8. Get rid of STEM-OPT and allow OPT work authorizations limited to 6 months.

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 @Bl4ckBoxSheepRight-Wing Populism from Washington  agreed…1yr1Y

We have multiple H-1B visa and green card employees in the area where I work. A few are stellar. A few are average and the rest are not so great. When we had a round of layoffs earlier this year, I was forced to layoff two American citizens and not one of the less than desirable H-1Bs.

There should also be a law that requires the H-1B workforce to be targeted first in any layoffs.

 @GrasshopperEmilyWomen’s Equalityfrom Nebraska  disagreed…1yr1Y

So you would lay off a person who is a better performer solely based on their immigration status? That could run afoul of the civil rights act and probably the equal protection clause. Descendants of immigrants in the last 150 years calling for this are full of **** !

 @Activ1stJasmineConstitutionfrom Georgia  agreed…1yr1Y

There are so many tech workers that can’t speak out on this because they’re still in their jobs but I know they would agree your last paragraph should be prioritized first when Trump takes office.

 @BureaucratNoraRepublican from California  disagreed…1yr1Y

No! There’s still a lot of room for fraud for Indian consultancy firms to commit fraud! The money Indian consultancies put to save and run their **** is in billions with B! EndH1-b for god’s sake!

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