> as visa holders are desperate

That is the point of most of these programs. If we (as a country) do h1b, those people should be on an automatic path to a green card.

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profdevloper 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Why? They are obviously being weaponized to suppress wages for native Americans in an environment where tech leaders were saying "learn to code". I think the H1B needs to be cancelled and companies should incur financial penalties for using foreign labor to undercut American workers.

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BobaFloutist 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>native Americans I know you don't mean indigenous people, so what's the cutoff?

Is it birthright citizenship? But then what about naturalized citizens? And if they count, thennare they screwing over "natives" up and until their swearing in when they instantly join the screwed, or is it more of a continuous spectrum of screwer/screwed? Or, in the other direction, does your family need to have been here a couple of generations for you to count?

	▲	fragmede 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		However many generations it takes for your skin tone to be white. See also: the President's wife.

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x0x0 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Making h1b an automatic track to a green card (partially) removes the ability for employers to exploit employees on an h1b.

	▲	profdevloper 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hiring American workers at current market wages avoids this problem entirely.