11% unemployment for CS majors. Absolute insanity to be admitting H1Bs for the tech sector right now.

breadwinner 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Agree, for ordinary CS jobs, there's plenty of workers available right now, thanks to AI. But for highly specialized jobs including AI research, you still need to be able to hire immigrant talent.

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geye1234 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's the O-1 for that.

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breadwinner 11 hours ago | parent [-]

O-1 is not enough. For jobs requiring bachelors degree, there is currently plenty of US-born workers looking for jobs. For jobs requiring masters and PhD there is still a need for H-1B visas, and O-1 is too high a bar.

	▲	geye1234 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fine, so there are some that fall below the O-1 bar. Nonetheless, those are a drop in the ocean compared to the regular $150k jobs being lost to H1Bs.

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cmxch 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We don’t.

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geye1234 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Immigration benefits capital and hurts labor, but big business has hypnotized the left into supporting it.

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warkdarrior 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The new H1B fee effectively puts a cap on software engineer pay. I can hire an immigrant on H1B for $150k/year ($50k salary + $100k fee). So local hires better be cheaper than that.

	▲	stainforth 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Wouldn't it be more clear to say that for hiring approach, now the unexpected burden of tagging on a new 100k fee works as a negative coloring (as it I think intends (ostensibly)) to these candidates then? How was the 100k already priced in?
	▲	what 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Why do you think the H1B will work for 50k/year? Where are you located?