H-1B visa: Congressman seeks to kill OPT work permit for foreign students

[Kaniska]

Have already got an admit and this bill hasn't been passed yet. If it gets passed, then I'll have to cancel my plans as the 3 year OPT is required to pay off the loan.

@Kaniska I'm hoping that by the time I graduate after 2 years, the situation will have cooled down. What do you think?

Situation will cool down but things from immigration perspective has been changed a lot. Again, i am not following immigration situation here, but i heard that it is very difficult to get a job for OPT people to compensate your investment if you are not from ivy league...

 

[TheBlackCoat]

You mean the whites that took over native lands or just the Indians?

Whites won the battles with natives fair and square. We built this country while these immigrants are just destroying this country.

People like you or me who are part of American system may think the same way but corporate are not ready to dent their balance sheet for showing concern to people.

Rather, i am hearing that many of their jobs are planned to get outsourced completely to India and Philipines.

It is the liberal left which is encouraging this immigration policy to build their loyal voter base.

 

[TheGreatMaratha]

Situation will cool down but things from immigration perspective has been changed a lot. Again, i am not following immigration situation here, but i heard that it is very difficult to get a job for OPT people to compensate your investment if you are not from ivy league...

It's not Ivy League but among the Top 50.

I'm talking about the situation 2 years from now. Btw I'm going to do CS.

Never heard that you don't get jobs if you are not from Ivy League.

 

[TheBlackCoat]

Yes, those who call their parents who are 60+ years old and useless which is big with Pajeet community. Overweight females with diabetes and stuff, we can’t have those here.

The other one is called birth right citizenship should be tossed out as well. If a parent is a citizen only that should be transferred to the child.

US immigrant policy is to lenient and needs tightening of screws.

Soon it’ll come to the point where the Democratic Party will have to support the Republicans as future politics will be far right and US being majority white the Demos can’t lose that base entirely.

Already seen how that multicultural NY House Rep. AOC — screwed up deals and how unpopular she’ll be getting.

Yes. All immigrants should leave. These leftist immigration policies need to end.

 

[Trango Towers]

Whites won the battles with natives fair and square. We built this country while these immigrants are just destroying this country.



It is the liberal left which is encouraging this immigration policy to build their loyal voter base.

who is we? so its ok to kill. pillage? are you white???

 

[Vikram.veda]

before I labeled you a delusional Indian..and lol’ed

I verified your reality by looking at a report of one American firm that employs 200,000 Indians in India. There are many more, if you include American firms that are incorporated in tax havens such as the Dutch Antilles,Ireland or Panama but are headquartered in the US of A.
I also looked into data of the number of American businesses that outsource to India. The numbers are staggering and will make a big dent in the 40% of Indian job market.

So once again lol..

Of course. It's just that simple. If Americans are employing, Lol, 40% of job market like you claim, imagine the kind of business they are doing in India. Why would they want to engage in hostility with such a huge market? Seriously, learn to view the scenario more broadly than on limited view.

 

[xeuss]

I'm planning my Masters in US this Fall. I hope this doesn't happen!

Best of luck. But why leave super power India and go to a third world country?

 

[dbc]

Of course. It's just that simple. If Americans are employing, Lol, 40% of job market like you claim, imagine the kind of business they are doing in India. Why would they want to engage in hostility with such a huge market? Seriously, learn to view the scenario more broadly than on limited view.

not surprised that you lack comprehension skills, I never said American businesses employs 40% of the employable population of India. Next, the attractiveness of the Indian market is more than offset by Indian bureaucracy and corruption. Just look at the trade deficit ...so where is the ‘huge’ market you speak of?

engage with data I’m not interested in your bs..

 

[Vikram.veda]

not surprised that you lack comprehension skills, I never said American businesses employs 40% of the employable population of India. Next, the attractiveness of the Indian market is more than offset by Indian bureaucracy and corruption. Just look at the trade deficit ...so where is the ‘huge’ market you speak of?

engage with data I’m not interested in your bs..

You can ask Amazon who has invested 10 billion or Walmart who bought majority share in Flipkart for 16 billion dollars or facebook which invested $10 billion into Jio. Or google which established its largest R&D center outside USA in India. or netflix which invested over $100 million for Indian content or Disney which bought star and got hotstar in return. Ask coca cola or walmart or microsoft or dell or IBM. You want to ask Ford, Harley Davidson? or You want to ask Airbus/ Boeing?

They are not investing because they are all our uncles. Its business. Something you'll never understand. Don't want waste my time anymore.

 

[TheBlackCoat]

are you white???

Yes I have the same genes as the Europeans but it is irrelevant. Don't be a racist.

 

[dbc]

You can ask Amazon who has invested 10 billion or Walmart who bought majority share in Flipkart for 16 billion dollars or facebook which invested $10 billion into Jio. Or google which established its largest R&D center outside USA in India. or netflix which invested over $100 million for Indian content or Disney which bought star and got hotstar in return. Ask coca cola or walmart or microsoft or dell or IBM. You want to ask Ford, Harley Davidson? or You want to ask Airbus/ Boeing?

They are not investing because they are all our uncles. Its business. Something you'll never understand. Don't want waste my time anymore.

lol again..thank you for proving my point, the Indian government has legislated discriminatory hurdles for Walmart, Amazon,WhatsApp and Google after these companies invested billions in India.

So again don’t see the upside for US investment in India. Tell me again how many of these firms have made money in India? Tell me how these firms repatriate their profits back to the US?

delusional Indian!

Walmart beats a retreat in India
Indian daily business newspaper The Economic Times reports that Walmart is handing over pink slips to a third of its management team based out of the country's headquarters in the city of Gurgaon. More than 100 senior executives will lose their jobs across various verticals, including fast-moving consumer goods, agri-business, and sourcing.


The bad news doesn't end there, as Walmart is also planning to shutter its fulfillment center in Mumbai -- India's financial capital. That's worrying as the Mumbai fulfillment center is Walmart's largest warehouse in the country. It was opened in late 2017 to provide local mom-and-pop stores with home supplies and packaged consumer goods.

The Economic Times report also adds that Walmart will put a hold on the expansion of new stores in India, having disbanded its real-estate team. Walmart operated 28 Best Price stores (based on the cash-and-carry format) in India in addition to three fulfillment centers. In 2018, the company said that it was planning to increase its Best Price store count to 50 in three years.

But that might not be possible anymore, as the latest developments signal a retreat for Walmart in India.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/01/15/walmarts-shocking-retreat-in-india-could-prove-cos.aspx

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

US has declined due to China and India stealing our jobs.

70% of H1Bs are Indians. I agree. Kick H1Bs out of America.

 

[casual]

It's not Ivy League but among the Top 50.

I'm talking about the situation 2 years from now. Btw I'm going to do CS.

Never heard that you don't get jobs if you are not from Ivy League.

It's def tough for new grads right now. Alot of companies has froze hiring and the few that haven't only want senior engineers. Also, what school doesn't matter much for software engineer jobs.

 

[Meengla]

Over 150000 indians study their masters at major universities making up majority of student populace in their STEM courses annually. Who would replace the loss to these programs? Would senator support them financially? What about corporates? Indians make up 40% of staff in all major IT companies. If any such measure is taken up, it'll only make these companies shift their major operations to Canada and have Indians employed there.

Indians on H1-B are infact net positive for America. They pay their taxes and social security never actually getting any benefit back unless they become citizens themselves. It takes close to 16-20 years for an average Indian to even get a green card. 20 years of paying into social security without any expectation. Do you think an American would do that?

I won't deny that Indians techies are not a drain on American welfare. But neither are Pakistanis or Russian or Chinese techies.

Problem is that there are millions of Americans--doesn't matter of European descent or not--who are qualified to take tech jobs but can't because of various visa/immigration scams. Denying Americans job to bring in those whose primary qualification is being cheap labor, with difficult accents, questionable qualifications--and, yes, for every Satya Nadella there are a 10,000 unqualified Indians (and the rest of the world).

Every country must protect it's own citizens, especially in times like these. Support 'US Tech Workers'.

PS. I consider Indian techies and the rapidly growing Indian population in America to be a strategic threat to Pakistan. The same way the Israeli Lobby has guided American policies in the Middle East to the detriment of the Arab world is going to happen to Pakistan once Indians in America get enough clout.

 

[Trango Towers]

Yes I have the same genes as the Europeans but it is irrelevant. Don't be a racist.

Racist? Where did I say anything racist? And even if you are 100% white or black. Should I judge you on that??