re: H1B pushback- seeing results

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Count me in. It’s the #1 threat to my career, hence my livelihood.

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yea I noticed you and goldennugget are pretty hardcore about it

i mean I just want to walk into a gas station and not be surrounded by sub 80 iq males from india or hear fricking the muslim having prayer and speaking to his relatives overseas in languages I cant understand

I just want my country back

Even in LC since the big industrial projects of the last 10-12 years its gotten fricking insane. I have to literally drive across town to find a gas station not staffed full of half looking retards brought in on h1b to be a gas station attendant. Its bullshite that I feel like im john rocker taking the #3 train in NYC



But we also have to stop the student visas too. Like look Im ok with bringing in some students from japan, china, other asian countries, some from europe and even some from SA and small amount from other places but the amount we are brining in is fricking nuts. Colleges are getting out of control...yea sure LSU is under 5% but places like stanford are 25%, MIT & Harvard is 30%, even publics like GA Tech are 10%

thats insane. Why as US taxpayers are we funding colleges that are choosing to take international students over US students? This is the whole reason colleges, like the job market, have gotten so insanely competitive to get in. even in the SEC, UGA, UF are 7%, vandy at almost 15% most are 5%. These are mainly big public state schools using public state tax dollars.

frick joe raghead from india or the middle east, they can go shite on a beach somewhere, no more college and close the loophole immediately that allows student visa to h1b visa.

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400k LCAs in Texas since 2021.

The increased fee needs to be retroactive, and all visas need to be limited to 3 years, period. That's plenty of time for the middlemen (Cognizant, TCS, Deloitte, IBM, etc.) to find US citizen or green card holder replacements. It's sad that I had to post my comment anonymously to avoid "racist" backlash from potential employers.

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yep...100% needs to be retroactive. needs to be the next step

and yes 3 years....with extension of up to years with another fee of 250k and 5 years is absolute max.


we can train sailors in the navy to run nuclear reactors in less than a year...i promise we can find, train and pay americans to do these jobs

not to mention the median IQ in India is 75-83......sorry but there are not just millions upon millions of indian geniuses walking around. its estimated less than 2% of the population of India has an iq of 130 or above and only 0.35% that has an iq over 140. White males in America are double those percentages.

its all a fricking scam to hire for lower wages and suppress market forces

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Why as US taxpayers are we funding colleges that are choosing to take international students over US students

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Think about it: a TOPS student brings in fees, and not much else. An out of state kid or an international student doesn't qualify for TOPS, and brings in $$$, often paid for by their government (at least in the case of the Saudis and the Chinese).

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The PRC is the largest source of foreign donations to U.S. universities since 2013. The tuition paid by Chinese students is worth an estimated $12 billion per year

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government allow this...essentially we are partially funding our competition but economically

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I don't disagree, especially when it comes to research and IP theft at universities. Perhaps here lies the answer (this is for Q1 2025)

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An Inside Higher Ed analysis of federal lobbying data shows that some of the universities in Trump’s crosshairs have dramatically increased spending this year compared to the first quarter of last year, hiring advocates on the Hill to represent their interests to lawmakers. Northwestern University, for example, has already spent more than $600,000 on federal lobbying this year, compared to $110,000 in the first quarter of 2024. Among individual institutions, Northwestern has spent by far the most on lobbying this year.

Lobbying Expenditures
Since the analysis is focused on research universities, many of which have come under attack by the Trump administration, Inside Higher Ed reviewed the lobbying expenditures primarily by members of the Association of American Universities. Together, they’ve spent almost $9 million this year.

Areas of focus, according to lobbying disclosures, include federal caps on indirect research cost reimbursements, endowment taxes, the upcoming appropriations bill, international student visa issues, athletics and various pieces of legislation, including the College Cost Reduction Act.

While Columbia has publicly conceded on many fronts, it has quietly worked through back channels in Congress, spending $270,000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025. Among the lobbying activities listed: “Outreach and monitoring related to … NSF Funding, and NIH funding, generally.”

Last year, the university spent $80,000 on lobbying in the first quarter and a total of $350,000 for 2024. Given Columbia’s spending so far this year, it is likely to surpass that in 2025.
Both Penn and Yale spent $250,000 in the first quarter of 2025, followed closely by Harvard at $230,000. Those are noticeable increases from last year, when Yale spent $180,000 on lobbying in the first quarter, Penn spent $150,000, and Harvard spent $130,000.

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Deport them all!!

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You clearly aren’t working in tech right now. I’ve never seen as many offshore workers as I’ve seen in the last two years

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An Inside Higher Ed analysis of federal lobbying data shows that some of the universities in Trump’s crosshairs have dramatically increased spending this year compared to the first quarter of last year, hiring advocates on the Hill to represent their interests to lawmakers. Northwestern University, for example, has already spent more than $600,000 on federal lobbying this year, compared to $110,000 in the first quarter of 2024. Among individual institutions, Northwestern has spent by far the most on lobbying this year.

Lobbying Expenditures
Since the analysis is focused on research universities, many of which have come under attack by the Trump administration, Inside Higher Ed reviewed the lobbying expenditures primarily by members of the Association of American Universities. Together, they’ve spent almost $9 million this year.

Areas of focus, according to lobbying disclosures, include federal caps on indirect research cost reimbursements, endowment taxes, the upcoming appropriations bill, international student visa issues, athletics and various pieces of legislation, including the College Cost Reduction Act.

While Columbia has publicly conceded on many fronts, it has quietly worked through back channels in Congress, spending $270,000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025. Among the lobbying activities listed: “Outreach and monitoring related to … NSF Funding, and NIH funding, generally.”

Last year, the university spent $80,000 on lobbying in the first quarter and a total of $350,000 for 2024. Given Columbia’s spending so far this year, it is likely to surpass that in 2025.
Both Penn and Yale spent $250,000 in the first quarter of 2025, followed closely by Harvard at $230,000. Those are noticeable increases from last year, when Yale spent $180,000 on lobbying in the first quarter, Penn spent $150,000, and Harvard spent $130,000.

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yea its fricking bullshite, all in on the scamming of the american people. frick the association of American Universities. Lobbying should be banned in that fashion if you accept public tax money.

and where the frick does all that money go? what did that 9 million go towards? cant just be dinners and golf outings....who got paid or what "charity" got paid on behalf of the congressman by these lobby groups?

infuriating!!!!!

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i dont, but thats the point. and its changing. and frick them, get rid of them. deport them all

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Well for some reason, it’s not happening. The number of Indian workers has grown excessively in the last 4 years.

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Try finding an electrical engineer for less than 80k these days.

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Try finding an H1B that has industrial experience along with some semblance of nuance and creativity.

I don't need a human calculator, I need an engineer that understands the problem, reliability threats, and can develop a comprehensive solution that meets code.

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Try finding an H1B that has industrial experience along with some semblance of nuance and creativity.

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Exactly. And many of them straight up LIE on their credentials.

Wait, are DEFENDING H1B visas?

How liberal are you?