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Originally Posted by JManc
And we still welcome these folks with welcome arms. It's the poorer/ unskilled ones we tend to struggle with now.
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I know this will get a lot of heat, but... As of January 20, 2017, we are certainly not welcoming them with open arms. The current administration has done almost all that it can to decimate the highly skilled worker visa program. I'm actually eavesdropping on a conversation happening right next to me now, where one of the women is having issues finding a company that will sponsor her H1b. She's going to have an extremely hard time finding an employer compared to two years ago.
I've been involved will hiring highly skilled workers for the past 6 or 7 years. Many of the largest H1b sponsors from just two years ago have stopped sponsoring altogether.
While there were companies abusing the H1b program, it was largely not being abused by companies with significant business operations in the U.S. And I doubt the hostility by the Trump admin is actually doing anything to address how those companies were abusing the program. It's even possible that the actions by the Trump admin are even creating an environment for those companies to exploit the program even more.