Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she will introduce a bill to end H-1B visas, which allow companies to bring skilled foreign workers, days after Donald Trump backed the program.

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    17 hours ago

    Because without those visas, the non-American talent can’t be employed, and the US simply doesn’t have the local talent to fill those spots.

    LOL. America has tons and tons of local talent. The job market is actually very tough right now since there is so much of that talent.

    Companies just want to drive down wages to much lower levels, and claim they cannot source local talent here, which is a blatant lie in every case I’ve seen - which is in IT.

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      17 hours ago

      The fact that you believe there’s actual talent overflow in the US makes me question just what you might consider “talent”. A warm body with the ability to turn on a computer is not “talent”.

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        I’ve been working decades in IT and for decades I’ve heard fraudulent claims from companies saying that they cannot find local talent. That’s nonsense.

        And knowing that companies have been shedding workers for some time now after over-hiring during Covid and hearing how long it is taking for people (in some cases, people I know) to land new jobs is an indication that there should be plenty of people to hire within America without resorting to H-1Bs.