06-06-2020, 09:26 AM
(04-30-2020, 12:51 PM)David Horn Wrote: And let's admit it: H-1B visas are legalized pseudo-slavery. The visas are owned by the companies doing the hiring. If the person benefitting from a visa complains too much, he or she is merely replaced by a more compliant alternative. If we really need all these educated folks that badly, hand out Green Cards and keep the playing field even for all -- migrant and native.
I agree completely and have argued so for years. And the same thing applies to illegal immigrant agricultural workers.
This benefits the owners of large tech businesses and some not so large - but still not small - agricultural businesses. However, the power in the Republican party shifted starting in 2010 to workers, starting with the affluent workers and now shifting to the working class, too. These are the people who lose the most to immigration.
The owners who benefit are increasingly shifting their allegiance to the Democrats. Google and Twitter are ultraleft, Facebook and Apple are way left of center. The Republican party doesn't own the big businesses any more, so they don't need to be loyal to them.