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0 pointsmjevans8mo ago0 comments

TL;DR I don't want to compete with under-priced outsourced labor. I gladly accept peers and betters who expand the market by bringing the best and the brightest to the same national team.

I'm all for immigration reform in ways that empower the workers.

Want to bring in the best talent from elsewhere? Fine, Make sure they cost the company MORE than you'd pay a US worker, with the government getting the excess as a tax on hiring non-local labor.

That worker should also be either a guest worker OR on a pathway to citizenship at their own discretion.

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darth_avocado8mo ago

The job adverts that are being talked about are part of the PERM process that is required for the “pathway to citizenship” for workers that are already here for an extended period of time.

What is also part of the process, is the requirement that you pay more than the median wages. Undercutting wages will get this petition denied and the process itself costs thousands of dollars on top of the thousands of dollars it takes to file for the underlying visa.

Again, the immigration system doesn’t work as you think it does. Yes there are abuses and those need to be addressed and I’m fully onboard with reforms that fix it. But the first step would be to understand the system and how it works.

mjevansOP8mo ago

I'd rather they cost like 4X the median worker's wage, with at least half of that collected as taxes by the government.

It should be a notable cost, and the worker needs to be making a premium for it to be a rush on immigration.

Further note, this is to also encourage more _entry level_ jobs for local workers and train up citizens to become more highly skilled workers.

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