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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

183 points proberts | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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danielktdoranie ◴[17 Oct 24 22:29 UTC] No.41874458[source]▶
Employers should have to prove they were not able to find a U.S. citizen who can do the job before they're allowed to hire someone that needs a work permit. Employers purposefully seek out non-U.S. citizens as they know they're happy to work for a lot less, especially if gets them into the U.S. This whole system encourages economic migrants, puts U.S. citizens out of work. As far as In am concerned you're actively working against your fellow Americans helping foreigners abuse and exploit our immigration laws.
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1. ericb ◴[17 Oct 24 23:14 UTC] No.41874766[source]▶
> helping foreigners abuse and exploit our immigration laws.

Well, that's a woefully short-sighted and zero sum way of thinking.

"an impressive 44.8% of Fortune 500 companies in 2023, equating to 224 companies, were founded by immigrants or their children."

So, it is more accurate to say that the US is abusing and exploiting other countries by stealing their job-creators and thus, jobs.

Source:

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/news/new-report-r....