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⬐ artsyca

I've paid my dues in the industry very similar to tech lead, including my wife having to preemptively and defensively flee the country with our kids --

⬐ Steven_Vellon

The salaries of H-1B applications are public information. Here's Facebook's: https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Facebook+Inc&job=&city=&ye...

While the work visa structure does give the employee less leverage, and I've known several people that needed to get new employers quickly to stay in the country and this probably does limit the ability of people staying on work visas to shop around and make companies outbid each other for their labor. That said I am very dubious of calling this "modernized slavery". Sort by salary, ascending, and you can see that the significant majority (over 90%) make $100k or more, and most of those under 6 figure salaries are not in the Bay Area.

⬐ Porthos9K

It's time to start calling H1B holders and other immigrant workers what they really are: they're scabs, workers brought in because they will tolerate pay and working conditions that citizens will not.

⬐ Ceezy

Not all migrant face deportation if they do not comply what they are told to. Regulations around migration need to change, but no migration is impossible.

⬐ Porthos9K

I'm not pushing for "zero migration". However, I don't think migration should be driven by business interests. A person who wants to move to another country should be able to do so.

However, I don't think a business should be able to say, "We can't find a citizen who meets our requirements, so we want to bring in a foreign worker."