John Drake

H1Bs are cheap labor visas that indeed do tie their employees to their employer. They can't quit or they'll be sent back home. So they don't complain about the 80 hour work weeks and sub par pay. Musk is outright lying when he says he needs H1Bs for exceptional workers. He's now saying he wants the top 0.01 percent. Well, guess what! There is already a visa for exceptional talent. It's called the O1 visa. Elon, Vivek, and all the other Tech Lords are simply lying about the H1Bs (One of Musk's own H1B ads was reposted on X and it was an entry level accounting job for 145K per year. Can't get Americans to do that???? And, btw, the actual H1B recipient does not get that salary; it's marked down after the H1B agency gets the recipient hired.) If all Elon and Vivek want is a pathway for exceptional people, here it is: Correction: here is the percentage of "engineering talent" Musk wants to bring into the US.

I'm not left. I'm not right. I oppose H1bs. If you want to bring in exceptional people, fine. But H1Bs are not exceptional. They're ordinary wage slaves who suppress native wages while increasing the demand on housing prices for American citizens. And I think Trump is going 180 on immigration and China. He doesn't need MAGA anymore. He'll never need any voters support again. Now, he can just cozy up to the Kings of Cash, the Tech Oligarchs.

The warning signs were there with the budget extension, where Elon and Vivek started crowing about how they used their influence to stop it. Trump looks like he is being dragged behind them on a leash.

People are getting H1Bs for everything from tech jobs to entry level accounting jobs and even catering jobs.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-parole-biden-administration-1-million-migrants/

DOGE = Department of Government Efficiency which is efficiently replacing Americans with Indians.

Maybe they're overwhelmed and don't have the information on Indian diploma mills. USCIS received a total of 780,884 (approximately 781K) H1B Registrations for the FY 2024 season. Total Eligible Of the total 781K H1B registrations submitted, the total number of eligible registrations stood at 758,994 (approximately 757K). The difference of 21,890 (780,884 -758,994) between submitted vs. eligible registrations is accounted for the duplicate registrations, failed payments, and others deleted by employers before the close of the registration period.

He paroled them and processed them cash, phones, and work permits.

It's not just these two. Other oligarchs like David Sacks and Peter Thiel are also campaigning for more Indian H1Bs. This is the payment they want for supporting Trump with donations and supporting statements.

Biden did the same thing with his "parole." They're all legal now.

Not to mention that the Indian Trump hired as his AI adviser is on Youtube recommending Indians commit marriage fraud in order to stay in the US permanently.

Revealing details.

This is why I didn't vote for Trump. I don't trust him to do what he campaigned on. Remember in 2016 he was all in favor of reducing H1Bs. And now, just a few months ago, he stated he wanted to staple a green card on to every foreigner's diploma from any college, including 2 year colleges. Trump needs to make a statement now, today, about whether he agrees with Elon and Vivek wanting to flood the country with H1Bs. BTW, I see several claims that Musk is shutting down and shadowbanning X accounts that criticize him and disagree with him about H1Bs. We don't need Elon and Vivek running America's immigration policy.

Elon and Vivek going whole hog on unlimited H1B visas for Indians.

I prefer to watch playoff games from the 1970s on Youtube. Don't care for the NFL these days. Here's a good one:

Better Chinese than Indians, IMO.

Prayuth was better. Now, you're all seeing what real authoritarian rule looks like. Hun Sen model of government on its way to Thailand.

Musk and Vivek now catching hell on twitter/x for wanting to open the doors wide open to Indian H1bs. Waiting for comment from Trump. Who's running the show?

More inflation means a higher cola on my SSA. Fine with me.

Bob Hope Christmas Special 1966

China isn't anyone's friend. They steal/stole technology, dump their overcapacity at below price costs on their trade partners, engage in a mercantile concept of trade dominance, and have made clear they want their political system to dominate worldwide. Maybe you prefer to live in China. I don't. Welding people inside their apartments, without food, access to medicine, and no ability to seek help during Covid is Xi's dream for the future. Not mine.

I sort of like it.

Eight years to prepare for this sort of thing, and the US has done nothing about this and other rare earths. Politicians just a bunch of rogues looting the treasury and hoping things hold together before they shuffle off the stage. Don't care about what happens in 10 or 15 years.

Remain a member so as to do everything possible to create havoc within the organization. But cut all funding. Do the same to the UN.

Just lease out the half empty bases to China.