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bad as the Saints

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Sounds like Penix envy

Just got a nay

ETA: Now nay is gone

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I'm not sure I understand what this means in this context. Are they trying him in traffic court? Is a federal magistrate a judge or not?

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A federal magistrate judge is a federal judge but much different than a district court judges. They are hired by the district judges rather than appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. They will handle preliminary matters. In this case, the discovery request for the GJ records. They will not rule on the motions to dismiss

This motion and hearing is in the discovery matter issued by the magistrate judge

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Biden appointee?

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Fitzpatrick is a magistrate judge. He was appointed during Bidens term, but magistrates are voted on by the existing district court judges Appointment announcement

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Is there a "log" of this vote? I'd love to see where republicans landed on it as well.

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I don’t think there was a vote. From the reporting,

- The resolution was signed. Thus, pursuant to House rules it must be put to a floor vote 7 days after the first day Congress reconvenes. This is the “ripening period” that gives the reps time to talk to their constituents The resolution will still be voted on and the likely target date is mid December

- this rep made a motion to set aside the rules and bring it to the floor now. The motion requires unanimous consent so it fails on any one objection. That’s just recorded as a motion that doesn’t carry in the minutes.

-when there are votes, the clerk will record them. They are published very quickly and can retrieved from the Clerk’s Website

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The tech industry is a dying industry because of AI and outsourcing not because of the H1B program

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Ai is another story. There is always disruptive technology that changes industries. It’s impact can and will be felt in many segments

Outsourcing is a reason why the H1B can’t exist as a loophole. If we incentivize jobs, plants etc in the US. Then it defeats a central purpose if all the the domesticated capital just imports foreign cheap labor also

Even Pre-Trump there was carrot and stick based incentivatives to bring capital back domestically. That’s one of the reasons of the H1B visa abuse. The companies were able to utilize tax incentives to make fixed asset operations even cheaper, but kept labor costs low by abusing the H1B system

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Does that mean we should scrap the whole program? Where

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The whole program isn’t being scrapped. Just like unpopular entitlement programs are being scrapped. SIGNIFICANT reform is needed. Also, there are other VISA programs to handle short term needs. We don’t need immigrant visas for jobs that US citizens can fill

You allege you work in an office with many H1Bs? Are you going to allege that no US persons could fill those jobs? Or that no US persons can fill those jobs at the rate your employer wants to charge based on a survey of worldwide labor rates?

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Where is the data that suggests Americans are struggling?

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Totally immaterial. The issue is whether persons are depressing US wages by improperly gaming the immigration system. The secondary issue is whether we should have a different system that better protects American workers

Nevertheless, if you haven’t seen threads and news on struggles based on wage growth and inflation, you aren’t looking. At some point wage growth would need to match inflation, but not if the pressure is relieved by letting companies just import the labor

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k. I also don’t know of any white software engineers struggling to find a job

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I do. Particular older employees, but that is beside the point. First, employers game the system and ask for qualifications that aren’t essential qualifications of the jobs to manufacture this need for foreign employees. (No, we weren’t able to find an employee with 20 years of experience for an entry level job.) Second, the mass influx of the cheap labor depresses the salary of those that are employed and acts as a negative incentive toward training programs and education. An average wage ( not prevailing bc we aren’t just dealing with government jobs) is thus lower in a worldwide labor market then what would be a US market

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Honestly, I don't know if he has the authority to raise taxes on individuals and companies...is that something only the state of New York can do?

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It’s still up to the legislature but the NYC mayor has lots of political clout. Indeed, many times people know the mayor of NYC even when they don’t know the governor. Hochul and the democratic leadership in NY Congress endorsed him. He can’t enact change on taxes but he can strongly influence it

He can appoint all the members of the rent guidelined board. Similarly, he can appoint many other city officials. With a city GDP of 1.3 Trillion that can have big impact

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What non-immigration related law did he break?

I guessing drunk driving that caused injuries or deaths, SA, or some violent crime

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None for which any charges are pending. He was pulled over and told his immigration documents had lapsed. Based on reporting, his authorization still would have been in place until three weeks after his arrest. Washington Post

Homeland asserts he was illegal because they revoked his documents after his arrest (for his documents having lapsed). Id.