“Oh, maybe they got mixed up with the visa because language”. No they did not.
“Oh, maybe it’s really difficult to find local talent”. No it isn’t. Not for them.
There are many advantages for them to illegally fly in a whole Workforce. That is why they did it.
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It feels weird for HN to be going to bat for a company abusing labor laws, am I missing something here?
Uh, the reason is easy. Think of all the poor people who have legitimate reasons to distrust or fear the government. Now those poor victims, understandably, won't trust to get their cancer cured by the current admin. They should have contracted the cure to a non-partisan/non-political institute to not re-victimize those people. Now the rich and powerful will get the cure and the poor will not. /s