• MEDIA: U.S. government has 'serious concerns' that some H-1B visa appli

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 3 11:00:31 2023
    Associated Press' Elliot Spagat on whether Donald Trump regrets
    lowering the barrier to entry into the Cheap Labor Lobby's scab worker
    import quota lottery vice converting the lottery into a wage ranked
    queue: <URL:https://fortune.com/2023/04/28/h1b-tech-visa-lottery-applications-fraud/> | Each year, up to 85,000 people are selected for H-1B visas, a
    | mainstay for technology giants such as Amazon.com Inc., Google
    | parent Alphabet Inc., Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. and
    | International Business Machines Corp.
    |
    | Last year, the government began requiring workers who won the
    | lottery to sign affidavits stating they didn't try to game the
    | system by working with others to file multiple bids under different
    | company names, even if there was no underlying employment offer. By
    | winning at least once, these companies could market their services
    | to technology companies that wanted to fill positions but didn't
    | have visas, effectively becoming labor contractors.

    Does Susie Wiles fear that Ken Griffin and Lachlan Murdoch will allow
    Ron DeSantis to invite the likes of Mike Emmons onto their campaign
    stage?

    John
    groenveld@acm.org
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    "Excellent combination of wishcasting and revisionist history. But
    you have to remember this person's grift depends on Trump, so of
    course she's going to want him to be the GOP nominee in 2024. And
    that should be kept in mind with all the professional
    NeverTrumpers." - Varad Mehta <URL:https://twitter.com/varadmehta/status/1589267220924096512>

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