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At two different US companies I had to attend training led by a lawyer on how to file H1b and L1 applications, how to write recruitment ads and coaching visa applicants for their interviews.

Both training programmes were surprisingly similar, even two years apart.

No notes were allowed. No slides.

Even the call for attendance was verbal and in person.

This is a US corporation problem, not the US government’s.

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lazyasciiart 2 days ago | parent [-]

The government wrote the rules those classes are teaching you to meet.

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toomuchtodo a day ago | parent [-]

Perhaps the last government, but not this one.

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throwaway5752 a day ago | parent [-]

That should not be the case, and your saying this is an indication of how far America has fallen. You can just look at the Afghanistan withdrawal. That was executed by the 2020-2024 administration to complete an agreement signed by the 2016-2020 administration. It was unpopular and a bad outcome, but the 2020-2024 administration realized a country had to keep its word, even with the Taliban.

If the word of America is not honored that is exactly the disgrace I'm talking about. A nation's word - the treaties they sign, the contracts or agreements they make with people of other countries - has to be honored. Like the conditions of visas.

An administration can change future agreements or renegotiate within the frameworks it agreed to, but it should honor existing agreements. That is one of the many ways a government is not like a corporation.

	▲	toomuchtodo a day ago \| parent [-]
		I agree there is merit to this reasoning around trust and promises between nations, but I don’t believe it applies in this case, which was a wink and a nudge around using “legal” immigration and visa policy to suppress wages and disempower domestic workers, to the benefit of imported labor and capital. Bad faith agreements warrant no continuity or protection, but people should still always be treated humanely when the rules change.