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Amishman

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4. The H1B program has caused considerable cumulative harm

Reply to TheProle (Reply #2)

Thu May 14, 2026, 08:09 PM

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Companies are abusing the system so they can have indentured servants.

The H1B program needs to be reduced by 95% or more.

Twenty years in tech and off the top of my head I can think of one person on an H1B who genuinely had unique skills that couldn't be found domestically. One in dozens - perhaps over one hundred - coworkers here on those visas.

(yes, there are a lot more factors in the tech job squeeze than just this, but it's the easiest one to fix and the most stupidly self inflected one).

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