| ▲ | afavour 4 days ago |
| Putting all else aside: if you’re an H1B holder currently outside the US you must return within 24 hours or you’re on the hook for $100k: https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3l... Unfathomably cruel. |
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| ▲ | yalogin 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Oh! This is unexpected, I thought it’s only for new applications, asking every h1b holder to pay 100k is just unfathomable. We will see thousands of layoffs and people moving out on an unimaginable scale. |
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| ▲ | yibg 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is announced with so much confusion and ambiguity too. Does it apply to current visa holders? Don't know. How do companies pay the fee? Don't know. Also announced on Friday night to go into effect Sunday midnight. Probably a feature though not a bug. |
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| ▲ | dudus 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This link is dead already. Not sure if this is correct, it truly is confusing. |
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| ▲ | linksbro 3 days ago | parent [-] | | > Deleted the below posts out of an abundance of caution. Despite the words of the Proclamation, an unnamed White House official told New York Times that they intend to apply the $100,000 only to new applicants only. > If that is correct, the implications are not as urgent. https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3l... | | |
| ▲ | codedokode 3 days ago | parent [-] | | > unnamed White House official told In important cases like this one should read the bill's text and not watch some random video on the Internet which has no legal power. |
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| ▲ | speff 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I've been hearing that H1B holders are currently trying to stay within the US in fear of not being let back in or because of shenanigans like this[0]. Wonder how many people are currently looking for a flight. [0]: Oh, it looks like the bsky link has an article with companies advising as such - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/31/immigra... |
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| ▲ | breitling 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
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| ▲ | dotnet00 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | You strongly agree with making people who were legally living their lives in the US lose access to everything they own overnight just because they happened to be outside the country on a random day? | | |
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| ▲ | rsynnott 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Say you’re a multinational, with offices in the US, Europe, Asia. You need to hire more people. _Where are you going to do it_? The place where the rules change every ten minutes? This doesn’t prioritise locals; it will almost certainly cause large companies to concentrate their high-skilled employment elsewhere. (Honestly for some of them the _chaos_ will be almost as bad as the restrictions; how do you plan with the US’s current level of nonsense? You can’t. What if he decides to revoke green cards next week, or bans enemies of the reich from high-skills employment?) | | |
| ▲ | ponector 3 days ago | parent [-] | | >> it will almost certainly cause large companies to concentrate their high-skilled employment elsewhere And this is actually a good thing. More diverse workforce, more investment into other countries. | | |
| ▲ | rsynnott 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Sure. But not exactly where the people who vote for ol’ minihands were going for, presumably. |
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| ▲ | dotnet00 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | You've got to be braver than that about your desires. Be upfront about it instead of dodging the question. This isn't about prioritizing locals, locals aren't being priorizited by taking away the belongings of someone whose only crime was being a legal immigrant. If it was solely about prioritizing locals, the rule would make a one-time exemption for H1B holders who happen to be outside the country, so they have the ability to figure things out with their employer, sort out their affairs, sell off vehicles etc, sort out their leases and pack up their belongings to bring with them. |
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| ▲ | afavour 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I respect trolling, in a weird way. But this is just incredibly lazy trolling. At least put in some effort. |
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