H1-Bs, it's not about finding people able to do the job, it's about finding people willing to do the job when the job is antithetical to American values. The set of leftist Americans willing to do the job and Americans who can code well enough to do the job isn't big enough for what they need.
I knew that Silicon Valley had a lot of foreigners, but I didn't realize it was so many. Each of these big tech firms has thousands, according to this. https://insights.dice.com/2019/10/22/h-1b-apple-google-facebook/
Amazon isn't listed in that graph, but they also have thousands according to other articles.
I think many of them really are "fine people" (KEK) who actually have American values, but they're in a position of extreme vulnerability having an H1-B visa. The Commie boss they have who wants to do bad things probably doesn't have to lean on them too hard to have them do unethical things because of the implication that they might be fired, lose their visa, and have their life flipped around if they don't follow orders. The threat of being sent back to the designated streets of Mumbai when you've tasted life in America is probably overwhelming.
Regardless of the national security implications of H1-B, it's a shit deal for the workers and should be very heavily scaled back (only allow H1-Bs for $400,000 or more salary or something so there's no wage pressure against the majority of tech workers, only allow it for actual world class experts), if not entirely eliminated.
I knew that Silicon Valley had a lot of foreigners, but I didn't realize it was so many. Each of these big tech firms has thousands, according to this. https://insights.dice.com/2019/10/22/h-1b-apple-google-facebook/ Amazon isn't listed in that graph, but they also have thousands according to other articles.
I think many of them really are "fine people" (KEK) who actually have American values, but they're in a position of extreme vulnerability having an H1-B visa. The Commie boss they have who wants to do bad things probably doesn't have to lean on them too hard to have them do unethical things because of the implication that they might be fired, lose their visa, and have their life flipped around if they don't follow orders. The threat of being sent back to the designated streets of Mumbai when you've tasted life in America is probably overwhelming.
Regardless of the national security implications of H1-B, it's a shit deal for the workers and should be very heavily scaled back (only allow H1-Bs for $400,000 or more salary or something so there's no wage pressure against the majority of tech workers, only allow it for actual world class experts), if not entirely eliminated.