I think the author of the Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm blog really stuck his foot in it with his recent post: "A Visa Restriction Too Far." Apparently the DHS has floated an idea of eliminating a 60-day grace period that it gives aliens with work visas (e.g., H1B visas) to find work if they lose their job. The grace period was to give them time to somehow avoid the consequences of losing the job that their visa was dependent upon.
“DHS now believes that once the alien is no longer fulfilling the very specific conditions under which he or she was admitted or otherwise provided status, such status, as well as the authorization to remain in the United States, should definitively cease and the impacted alien should immediately depart the United States (unless otherwise authorized to lawfully remain in the United States),” [DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin] wrote.
But Lawrence Person, for some reason, thinks this is harsh, arguing:
Not giving them time to wind down affairs is being needlessly and pointlessly cruel to people who “worked hard and played by the rules.” It inflicts collateral damage on people doing business with them. Apartment managers, car leasing companies, utilities, etc. will all be left in the lurch by the sudden departures mandated by this proposed rule.
I would argue that it is better that the people that did business with the aliens be left in the lurch than for the rest of the country to be left in the lurch while an alien who no longer has a legal right to be here is given time to somehow game the system and remain past their welcome. And apparently so do many of the people that commented on Person's blog post, who had no problems with the proposal. Besides, as more and more comes out about the abuse of the H1B visa program, I have a hard time viewing the H1B visa holders as people who "worked hard and played by the rules."
Amen, sir. the H1B visa program is shamefully abused. It should be abolished in its entirety.
ReplyDeleteSince "worked hard and played by the rules" means "used fraudulent credentials to game the H1B system to displace American workers", the worker with the expired H1B visa needs to be expelled from the US with extreme prejudice. If the H1B visa holders are half as smart as their advocates claim, they should be able to anticipate the expiration of their visa and wind down their affairs before their visa expires.
ReplyDeleteBut we know they aren't half as smart as their advocates claim. Nevertheless, they should, as you say, be promptly expelled, no excuses.
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