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

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1233 points mriguy | 4 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.628s | source
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bettercallsalad ◴[19 Sep 25 21:04 UTC] No.45306578[source]▶
> India was the largest beneficiary of H-1B visas last year, accounting for 71% of approved beneficiaries

Having worked with the recent generation of Indians, I can safely say this can be a good thing. Baseline morality and work ethics for many (not all, but many) in the recent generation of Indians are so low. It’s a generational shift that I can tell. Get rich quick, wannabe try too hard to fit in and have fun with wild Wild West mindset that just has a completely different tone from earlier generations of hard working Indians who helped build some of the major products we use today.

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1. jimmydoe ◴[19 Sep 25 22:41 UTC] No.45307621[source]▶
That’s applies to the USA and rest of world not just India or China.
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2. yks ◴[19 Sep 25 23:25 UTC] No.45308004[source]▶
Yeah, "those others are less ethical than us Americans" doesn't pass muster in 2025. Reminds me of the anti-immigration arguments from the days bygone, that the immigrants coming from the corrupt authoritarian countries will vote against democracy in the US. While it might be even true(!) voting against democracy certainly came from the natives first, fast and furious.
3. bettercallsalad ◴[19 Sep 25 23:45 UTC] No.45308159[source]▶
That is an intellectually dishonest argument. You are invoking whataboutism knowing full well it doesn’t serve anyone well.

These kids that come from often wealthy or upper middle class families with faith and cultural grounding would be far better off in their life trajectory (and country as a whole with brain drain) if they stayed back, led innovation in their own country, and pushed their corrupt bureaucratic government ecosystem to change. Instead of opting for a mediocre hedonistic lifestyle in the west where they know they have no lasting stability (mind you it is 100+ years wait time for many in the current immigration process to get green card), often get stuck working in the same company and not able to move, can’t start things on their own again because of visa rules.

No one wins in this in the long run. Except maybe some corporations.

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