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merge with: Trump's Next Immigration Move to Hit Closer to Home for Tech
Cringely has his own prediction -- this could be merged with the submission mentioned in the Title:
In a column titled, "Trump’s anti-H-1B order won’t be what it seems" http://www.cringely.com/2017/02/06/trumps-upcoming-move-h-1b-visas/ [cringely.com] Bob makes some interesting comments on the little known L-1B visa program which runs parallel to H-1B and ends with these paragraphs:
Think about it, in this case with IBM as an example. IBM Global Services sees itself as competing with big H-1B users like Tata and Infosys and an H-1B ban or severe limitation would give IBM — or any similar U.S.-based multinational — an advantage, especially if the L-1B visa program is left untouched. With L-1B, IBM can use its own Indian employees MAKING INDIAN PAY AND BENEFITS to do the work here in the USA. No need to pretend you can’t find an American worker as presently required by H-1B. No need to advertise. No need to pretend you are paying a locally competitive wage.
L-1B visas are hardly ever mentioned in the press yet they are even bigger than H-1B already. It’s worse for American workers than H-1B, too. So what if Trump cuts back or freezes H-1B numbers without touching the (presently unlimited) L-1B program? He’ll still be keeping a campaign promise, yet also working to enrich Big Business at the expense of the very people who voted for him.
We’ll just have to wait and see which way it rolls.
