Half of the Fortune 500 is founded by immigrants or their kids:

https://fortune.com/2025/07/30/latinos-immigration-economy-j...

And H1B workers are paid slightly more on average, not less, than citizen workers. Not to mention that if you account for the cost companies pay to deal with the immigration process (lawyers, fees, etc) they end up being a lot pricier.

The new hatred towards H1B is part of a broader shifting of the Overton window. First hate illegal immigrants. Then ones on visas. Then naturalized citizens. And soon they come to a place where they can deport 100 million, their actual racist goal that the DHS tweeted recently:

https://xcancel.com/DHSgov/status/2006472108222853298

Meanwhile China just launched their new K visa to soak up all the amazing talent the new far right America is pushing away.

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gorbachev 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

If the majority of H1-B workers were white, none of this would be happening.

	▲	happytoexplain 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		This is a (very effective) distraction. The fact that culture and race have so much correlation is perhaps the most intimidating hurdle to civilized problem-solving we've ever been presented with as a species.

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ljsprague 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Immigrants move where the money is.