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They backtracked even further on the new H-1B fees: not annual, not retroactive and not for renewals (twitter.com)
posted 256 days ago by Lurker404 256 days ago by Lurker404 +103 / -0
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– ghostfox1_ 34 points 256 days ago +34 / -0

Trump the turbocuck.

Next up, no mass arrests of leftist terrorists and he gets shot again.

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– horstshort 35 points 256 days ago +35 / -0

And makes anti-semitism illegal.

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– SophiesBoyfriend 22 points 256 days ago +22 / -0

And asking for the Epstein files is now Antisemitism

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– theaustrianpainter 19 points 256 days ago +19 / -0

ghostfox1_ would call that a win.

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– deleted 10 points 256 days ago +10 / -0
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– deleted 8 points 256 days ago +8 / -0
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– GravyWagon 4 points 256 days ago +4 / -0

And vaccinated one more time

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– Lurker404 [S] 31 points 256 days ago +31 / -0

Looks like they took everything back and nothing really changes.

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– lapalapa 17 points 256 days ago +17 / -0

What are you talking about? 100k will be needed to be fronted just to petition a work visa from now on. It's essentially the end of the growth of H1B's aside from individuals exceptional enough to warrant that kind of expense.

Stopping the hemorrhage is a huge win. It's certainly a lot more than I expected when I first read about the number.

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 15 points 256 days ago +15 / -0

It's still better than nothing, but it's sad how obviously Trump cucks out.

There is a silver lining though. Trump's corruption itself is broadcast in an overblown, Trumpian way, which is redpilling many people.

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– rentfREEEE_since2016 10 points 256 days ago +10 / -0

The visa fee is paid by the visa sponsor.

And can be written off as tax deduction.

And $100k over 5-10 years doesn’t even matter to these companies.

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– Bouldabassed 9 points 256 days ago +9 / -0

100k over 5 years doesnt matter? Saving money on that order of magnitude is most of the reason they were mass importing pajeets in the first place. They are trying to save money by importing slaves that would work for less.

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– ApathySK 5 points 256 days ago +5 / -0

Paying an American $90k a year vs a jeet $60k a year, that $100k will be absorbed in the difference in no time.

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– Bouldabassed 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

You're pulling those numbers out of your ass. I guess we'll see the effects over a year or two. I'd be willing to bet the growth of the program slows to a crawl.

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– ApathySK 1 point 255 days ago +1 / -0

I am, but there's a reason H1B's get hired over Americans and I highly doubt it's because the company wants to save $5k a year per worker.

We'll see what happens, but if you look at the trend, it's been getting crazy . You can read more on it here. The cap has also been hit earlier and earlier. It used to take all year, now we hit it in April.

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– rentfREEEE_since2016 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0

5 years is very conservative.

look up how expense amortization works. The corporations importing pajeets en masse have all sorts of financial mechanisms to cook their books.

it doesn’t matter dude when you’re paying pennies on the dollar compared to native born, that more than makes up for it. Not to mention h1Bs are practically indentured servants for 5, 10 or 15 years.

The solution is very fucking simple. Eliminate the H1B program.

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– Bouldabassed 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0

I'm aware of how it works. I agree it should be eliminated completely, but this will undoubtedly majorly curb the growth of the program. Especially given there is still 3.5 years of this administration. Companies will be wary to invest in H1bs that take years to pay off when the rules of the game can change again at any time.

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– rentfREEEE_since2016 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

Trump has walked back all of his hardline positions. This is optics before mid terms.

Tariffs. Another good example. No. Companies aren’t on shoring. They're offshoring still. Oil and gas is still under produced.

We need to stop coping. I want this to be “camels back” as much as anyone. But it really is very simple to stop H1B applications. If Rubio can automatically deport you for being anti Israel he can stop H1B Carte Blanche too.

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– Lurker404 [S] 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

And the biggest offenders will probably get a discount or an outright waiver.

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– Gizortnik 5 points 256 days ago +5 / -0

Honestly, it's stormfags and Leftist larpers pushing an anti-Trump propganda as hard as they can.

Give it 6 months and they'll be saying "Things were better under Biden".

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– KekistanPM 7 points 256 days ago +7 / -0

A lot of people will never be happy, even if Trump didn't backtrack. I've done my share of dooming but this timeline is still so much better than if Kamala were president.

Just stay away from people who are never happy; both online and in real life.

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– tralbolh 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

This is a better a better timeline on this issue today than I thought it would be two days ago.

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– Bouldabassed 3 points 256 days ago +3 / -0

Exactly, doomers need a reality check. We had absolutely nothing 48 hours ago, then what was looking like a potentially legendary win, now downgraded to a very solid and important win. Assuming the info in that tweet is true, H1B goes from rapidly expanding to virtually staying the same size.

There's still a lot of ground to be covered, but this is still the pleasant surprise of this week for me. Much more of an actual, meaningful W than some late night fag with less viewers than a medium sized YouTube channel getting his show canceled.

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– undecidedmask2 23 points 256 days ago +23 / -0

I wish I could get excited ONE time for something this administration does.

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– MargarineMongoose 14 points 256 days ago +14 / -0

It really would be nice if he were even half the menace that the left thinks he is.

Instead our country is going to continue marching straight off a fucking cliff.

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– alucard13mmfmj 10 points 256 days ago +10 / -0

honestly.. at this point, i rather have the mexicans than the jeets at this point if we gonna get cucked over. lol

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– tralbolh 5 points 256 days ago +5 / -0

We haven't been getting actual Mexicans as a majority of migrants for a decade plus.

We mostly get commies from south of their border.

I used to prefer Indians as immigrants back when we were actually getting their best, those days are over, we are being used as a dumping ground now by India too.

In the past couple years I have come to the conclusion that the President Monroe was right, keep the Old World contained. Sucks for the good people over there but there are too many bad ones. Use our big beautiful oceans.

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– SophiesBoyfriend 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0

Why do you prefer Mexicans?

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– SocraticMethod1 14 points 256 days ago +14 / -0

Meh but this at least kills any NEW arrivals.

Tomorrow WILL be fun as a bunch on H1Bs outside the US were told to rush back before this deadline so airports will be packed!

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– Lurker404 [S] 11 points 256 days ago +11 / -0

They effectively just upped the one time fee. At best that kills a few lowest end arrivals. For the rest it just means corpos will demand applicants stay with them for longer to pay that off.

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– Vivs3rdSock 12 points 256 days ago +12 / -0

For the rest it just means corpos will demand applicants stay with them for longer to pay that off.

Looks like indentured servitude it back on the menu!

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– SophiesBoyfriend 3 points 256 days ago +3 / -0

News agencies should film Every US Airport tomorrow:

https://x.com/elijahschaffer/status/1969074988419305790

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– OBRIENMUSTSUFFER 12 points 256 days ago +12 / -0

Sigh The Orange Man tricked me again, again…

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– deleted 10 points 256 days ago +10 / -0
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– weltallic 9 points 256 days ago +9 / -0

This is what Trump always does.

The Big Ask™

You want something. You ask for 1,000% more.

So when you "negotiate" and both sides agree to 1% of what you asked for, it's actually what you wanted from the beginning but the other side feel like they "won."

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– SicilianOmega 8 points 256 days ago +8 / -0

In that case, we need to ask for mass extermination of all Indian nationals within our borders, followed by nuclear annihilation of India once they're all there, so we can walk it back to canceling the H1-B program and revoking any green cards issued under it.

And we have to push for TKD just to get Trump to agree to not commit our military to Israel's wars or to abolish the Fed (it would be impossible to get him to agree to both).

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– Ahaus667 9 points 256 days ago +9 / -0

It’s time for the base to chimp out again. He’s A-B testing again.

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– bloodguard 8 points 256 days ago +8 / -0

I had a bet with a coworker that Trump would cuck out and betray US workers but they'd probably wait until mid-week to walk it back and "do the needful". Just like the Chinese student ban from a few weeks ago.

Amazing.

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– subbookkeeper 7 points 256 days ago +7 / -0

Perfection is the enemy of good.

Did he actually backtrack? or was it backtracking from what people imagined the new rules were? Was it previously retroactively or did people just wish it was?

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– Lurker404 [S] 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0

Lutnick said in a press conference with Trump himself that it was "per year": https://x.com/DoctorLFC/status/1969592826628620715

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– AnAmishWithATude 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

Lutnick is a snaketongue spellcasting demon though, so consider the source and why he said it.

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– deleted 5 points 256 days ago +5 / -0
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– MattTheBlack 4 points 256 days ago +4 / -0

Fuck

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– WhitePhoenix 3 points 256 days ago +3 / -0

Did any of you people read the original text? There was no verbage in it to make it annual.

It was just weirdly written so people THOUGHT it was annual. The text was saying that the order itself was going to last one year, and that after one year they're going to re-evaluate the order itself to see if they can extend it.

The most important part for them to do right now is to pass legislation to bar them. This EO is only temporary.

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– Lurker404 [S] 3 points 256 days ago +3 / -0

Lutnick said in a press conference with Trump himself that it was "per year": https://x.com/DoctorLFC/status/1969592826628620715

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– WhitePhoenix 1 point 255 days ago +1 / -0

So the left hand isn't speaking to the right - cuz the original text doesn't specify "per year".

Who the fuck is correct on this lol

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– BetterNameUnfound 3 points 256 days ago +3 / -0

These comments: "Why did you just close the wound?! Why didn't you undo the damage?!"

Patience, people, patience. Many will self-deport.

You don't win the chess game in two moves unless the opponent screws up massively.

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– SophiesBoyfriend 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

TACO

Trump Always 🐥 Out

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– SparkMandrill83 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

Ah the monthly "No Political Solution" blackpill that's been this entire administration so far

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– deleted 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0
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– pbarnett865 1 point 255 days ago +1 / -0

When did they say it was anything other than this?

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– deleted 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0

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