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    Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

    (www.reuters.com)
    1202 points mriguy | 20 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 1.497s | source | bottom
    1. checker659 ◴[19 Sep 25 20:30 UTC] No.45306179[source]▶
    I think this is great news for countries like Canada and UK.
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    2. leakycap ◴[19 Sep 25 20:48 UTC] No.45306378[source]▶
    It is incredible to me that there are hundreds of US-centric comments and yours is the only one I saw who recognized the benefit for basically every other country people want to live and work in.
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    3. oytis ◴[19 Sep 25 20:51 UTC] No.45306416[source]▶
    Not for tech workers from these countries though.
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    4. phatfish ◴[19 Sep 25 21:30 UTC] No.45306880[source]▶
    Hardly, the Indian government weaponises their diaspora in the same way China does.
    5. y-curious ◴[19 Sep 25 21:46 UTC] No.45307065[source]▶
    Oh no, Canada, don't take my low-paid, equally-skilled and desperate-to-stay-at-one-company competition from me! /s
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    6. declan_roberts ◴[19 Sep 25 21:59 UTC] No.45307209[source]▶
    They already pay 50%-70% less there than in America. Not much juice left to squeeze.
    7. the_real_cher ◴[19 Sep 25 21:59 UTC] No.45307220[source]▶
    haha so true
    8. pyuser583 ◴[19 Sep 25 23:16 UTC] No.45307932[source]▶
    UK is insanely hard to immigrate to. Canada is getting more and more difficult by the day.

    This insanity seems collective.

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    9. Izikiel43 ◴[19 Sep 25 23:19 UTC] No.45307959[source]▶
    > Canada

    It's not doing really well though, COL is sky high, and wages are low.

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    10. stackskipton ◴[19 Sep 25 23:21 UTC] No.45307975{3}[source]▶
    And I've talked to a few Canadians, despite the Liberal party winning, there is real push for Canada to severely restrict immigration and that is currently happening.
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    11. yodsanklai ◴[20 Sep 25 00:21 UTC] No.45308436[source]▶
    If more jobs are created in these countries, it doesn't mean the local tech workers will be replaced.
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    12. JasserInicide ◴[20 Sep 25 00:33 UTC] No.45308521{3}[source]▶
    it doesn't mean the local tech workers will be replaced.

    You're right because that totally didn't happen to varying degrees in various industries in the US...

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    13. totony ◴[20 Sep 25 01:05 UTC] No.45308769{4}[source]▶
    As far as I can tell, the push against immigration in Canada is mainly around unskilled workers (which a lot of TFW are) and asylum seekers, but we will see how this pans out.
    14. yodsanklai ◴[20 Sep 25 01:21 UTC] No.45308928{4}[source]▶
    Without foreign workers, there may not even be big US tech companies as we know them. I really wish we could have these talents in Europe to boost our economy. This would create more jobs and more wealth ultimately.
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    15. dustbunny ◴[20 Sep 25 01:26 UTC] No.45308984{4}[source]▶
    They're just turning the knob down a little bit because it was pretty high last few years and caused some supply side issues in housing and healthcare.

    I'm sure Canada will gladly accept highly skilled engineers.

    16. dustbunny ◴[20 Sep 25 01:27 UTC] No.45308990[source]▶
    > Canada is getting more difficult

    How so?

    17. Tiktaalik ◴[20 Sep 25 02:25 UTC] No.45309643{4}[source]▶
    The push back against immigration is against the way it was exploited by scammers to exploit people and make money from them.

    The sort of high educated immigrants of the sort that would work in software engineering will not face remarkable headwinds.

    18. Tiktaalik ◴[20 Sep 25 02:27 UTC] No.45309661[source]▶
    Seriously as someone with no interest in moving to the USA this is fantastic news.

    Open up studios in British Columbia and hire the relatively cheaper labour. It's on the same time zone as Silicon Valley. It's a no brainer.

    19. checker659 ◴[20 Sep 25 04:29 UTC] No.45310385[source]▶
    UK is not hard to immigrate to. You just need to pay a heft sum for the visa and NHS surcharge.
    20. oytis ◴[20 Sep 25 06:51 UTC] No.45311069{5}[source]▶
    We have the talent in Europe, they are just paid peanuts. If moving to the US was not an option, the balance on the labour market would be even worse (for the said talent).