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  • I wonder how the Big Tech co's who kissed the ring are feeling about this.
  • It's amazing how much of a hypocrite he can be

    https://thehill.com/business/5603478-trump-organization-fore...

    (Trump org requests record level foreign worker permits, 2025)

  • I wonder how many legal avenues there still are if you are just a normal middle class person wanting to work a stint in the US for the experience. (Probably not a great idea right this minute, but normally, I mean).
  • Sometimes i wonder if the actions of ICE, are a reaction to try and stop immigration because of climate change. Naturally the administration will never say this, but the American west in particular is suffering a water crisis today and recent times seem to indicate today is the new normal. I think its reasonable to guess that the land cant support more people.
  • The job of a government is to protect its citizens. There is nothing else more important.
  • > ...the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take into account in any labor condition application... whether the employer sponsor directly or indirectly engaged in layoffs within the previous year or plans future layoffs...

    Unfortunately, as a 2nd order effect, I wonder if we'll see fewer layoffs and more outright firing to balance it out.

  • This is long overdue. The fact that a large tech company lays 10,000 people off and then immediately turns around and petitions for thousands of H-1B employees is criminal.

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