that the only reason to oppose H-1B (as it currently exists) is "racism", and only white people are harmed.
I am so tired of people pretending they know what they are talking about, to accuse others.
The big lie is bolded. (excerpt from the link in the OP)
Kaur says that Indian immigrants and Indian Americans are "the latest target of a growing anti-migrant movement in the US and around the world" and "the most consistent anti-Indian bigotry online focuses on the H-1B visa program, of which Indian nationals are the biggest beneficiaries," she writes.
"The program, which admits highly skilled foreigners into the US to work in specialized fields, has sparked infighting among Trump supporters, with visa opponents such as deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller accusing India of 'a lot of cheating on immigration policies,'" Kaur writes.
The far-right has taken aim at Indian Americans, saying they are the ones depriving other—read: white—Americans of good paying jobs.
No, it does NOT only admit "highly skilled" foreigners. It does admit a few of those, but it is by accident, as long as the lottery system is used, and the standards are so low. The standards are low, presumably because the people writing the program details wouldn't know an actual highly-skilled software engineer from a first year comp sci student.
Meanwhile, what entry level jobs remain in IT, are rarely if ever filled by black Americans. It is
not only white Americans who are crowded out by the cheaper, indentured servants imported via H-1B.
Democrats really ought to stop seeing racism in places where it's not (or at least where there are legitimate good reasons to oppose something), and consider the people being hurt by a policy, then do something NON-RACIST to address the harm - like, maybe, making the program ACTUALLY for ACTUAL HIGH-SKILLED workers? And perhaps doing a better job of limiting H-1B hiring by any single company? (Right now it is a race to the bottom and the winners are those who are best at scamming the broken system.)
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