Moderate Politics

Yes! Let’s abolish the H1-B and replace it with something that makes it easier for work visa holders to change jobs and gives them an automatic green card after a few years of employment. The looming threat of deportation for visa holders and the lack of obligation for companies to sponsor green cards puts way too much power in the hands of employers.

Also I’d be in favor of a better pathway to long term residency for folks who are highly educated/educated in the US.

I assume that’s not what this guy is saying.

The American Dream™ for me, but not for thee. As is tradition.

I am an Indian and just combust seeing this guy say shit about immigrants and all.

Use ladder.
Look down on other people waiting to use ladder.
Pull up ladder behind you.

Standard POS entitlement syndrome

Always pulling up ladders behind them.

I would like this sub to be a great place for civil discussion of different viewpoints, so please feel free to comment your views in support of Vivek

As an H1B worker myself, I agree there needs to be some reforms to it, but the latest trend seems to be to deal in absolutes on all issues.

I don't know who started the "facts don't care about your feelings" saying, but at this point it appears to be more like "feelings don't care about your facts."

The OP article looks like it's sourced from this article from Politico. In it, the only quotes attributed to Vivek on this topic directly are the following:

Yet, the H-1B system is “bad for everyone involved,” Ramaswamy told POLITICO.

“The lottery system needs to be replaced by actual meritocratic admission. It’s a form of indentured servitude that only accrues to the benefit of the company that sponsored an H-1B immigrant. I’ll gut it,” he said in a statement, adding that the U.S. needs to eliminate chain-based migration.

“The people who come as family members are not the meritocratic immigrants who make skills-based contributions to this country.”

I guess, based on the above, I agree with Vivek here. I'd want to know specifics to what other detailed changes he'd support, but I'm not sure most people in the US would have an issue with the above sentiment. Interested to hear others' thoughts.

I worked as a tech recruiter a while back and had a lot of H1-B clients. Is there fraud in the system? Assuredly yes, and reform is needed. But if you did away with the program today, there are so many companies that people rely on that they don’t even think about (lots of banks, insurance companies, and people who do unseen stuff) rely on these employees because sometimes there are like a handful of people in the world who know the stuff they need.

If the US managed to get their educational infrastructure in place to support learning these skills and not having to rely on foreign brainpower as much? Sure, maybe I see the point. But that’s by far not the case - we just don’t have the workers needed to thrive in the modern economy, and it’s becoming more and more apparent as other countries churn out skilled workers and we keep dropping in the educational rankings.

Stupid man's promise --> 1. Promise something ridiculous --> 2. Attempt to enact it but fail miserably because said promise is infact ridiculous --> 3. scream treason --> repeat

ELI5: an American citizen getting a foreign visa 29 times

Edit: Oh. He hired 29 people. Got it.