Comment by array_key_first

15 hours ago

Okay but this has not been the case in the US and everyone knows that. We can try to make things up to rationalize why this being done.

Or, we can be honest, and acknowledge these actors have proven themselves to be irrational. What is happening is that an end-goal is desired, and then the trump administration is working backwards to make it happen.

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declan_roberts  14 hours ago

H1B as a visa status (and the one nearly everyone in this thread being affected by the green card status) is only 36 years old.

The immigration act of 1999 very clearly created it as a temporary visa not a stepping stone to a green card. That's a modern invention.

  • array_key_first  14 hours ago

    The "only" is doing A LOT of heavy lifting. Also, you're being a bit dishonest here, because this does not only apply to H1B visa holders.

    Also, are those people not the exact demographic that so-called "anti illegal" Republicans should want? They're highly educated and desirable, not welfare queens right?

    I will repeat my point. You have been lied to. The Republicans do not give even a single shit about what is legal and what is not. What they desire is less brown people, and then they work backwards to justify it. Any other interpretation is just not reasonable at this point, with the evidence we have been given.

    • declan_roberts  14 hours ago

      Nobody would care about this if it didn't affect H1B. The confusion is whether h1b is a temporary visa or some kind of stepping stone. According to the immigration act of 1990 and US law it's a temporary visa and subject to this rule.

      For example O-1 is not affected because O-1 is not considered a temporary visa in US law.

      O-1 also has no cap. The USA can take in unlimited O-1 immigrants.

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