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2020-05-17 Home Front: WoT

Pak Doctor on H-1B Visa Wanted to Attack U.S. for ISIS

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Posted by Fred 2020-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 H1Bs are the equivalent of moving production off shore. Reduces the incentive to invest in Americans developing the skills.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-17 06:00|| 2020-05-17 06:00|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Don't you think it's the other way around?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-17 06:01|| 2020-05-17 06:01|| Front Page Top

#3 When I was in IT in the early 90s, I'd get the trade publication Compterworld. The back section contained want ads. It was filled with page long listings for a job with very precise skill sets. No one had all those skills. It was just a CYA process for the company to justify getting a H1B. There was no Q&A process by the government to audit whether the H1B hire met all those skill sets. It was a game. It destroyed the incentive to put in the years and study (investment) to get skills only to have someone from overseas take the jobs. See - Disney replacing American workers already doing the jobs with H1B hires.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-17 06:27|| 2020-05-17 06:27|| Front Page Top

#4 ^^ These types of job listings still exist.

Posted by Phineter Turkeyneck6202 2020-05-17 06:48|| 2020-05-17 06:48|| Front Page Top

#5 The government is famous for tailoring job descriptions to fit a particular candidate, then fielding the job posting for the minimum amount of time. But, but, but it's not the dreaded candidate 'pre-selection.' Follows is a hypothetical example:

Candiate must have Rakahanga-Manihiki language skills at the native fluency level.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-17 06:54|| 2020-05-17 06:54|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 I wonder why - are there different labor laws for natives vs. foreigners?

p.s. Your argument doesn't explain why there are so many foreign born in USA universities STEM departments.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-17 07:16|| 2020-05-17 07:16|| Front Page Top

#7 ...see how many are tenured.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-17 07:44|| 2020-05-17 07:44|| Front Page Top

#8 ^I'm talking about tenured.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-17 08:16|| 2020-05-17 08:16|| Front Page Top

#9 A PhD is a guaranteed Green Card. For an American, you never make up the difference in lost wages when getting a PhD.

Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-17 08:31|| 2020-05-17 08:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Masood could have killed hundreds by just being an incompetent doctor. The AMA would have backed him up.

Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-17 08:32|| 2020-05-17 08:32|| Front Page Top

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