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		deadbabe 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 ... If H1Bs disappearing doesn’t result in more jobs then there was never any point in hiring H1Bs in the first place. Just trimming the fat.

ztwye 3 months ago [–]

You are assuming the companies will perform the same without the H1B workers, then sure there's no point at all. I disagree though

deadbabe 3 months ago | [–]

H1B aren’t some secret sauce with unique skills. They’re just cheaper, more exploitable, abusable, controllable workers.

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