Immigration Reform - Trump Gold Card (and Platinum coming soon)

[Texas Contrarian]

Originally Posted by RX792P

Add in $100K/year for H1-B visas.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said “all big companies” are on board.

I understand that he is likely right about that, at least with respect to some large companies.

But not for reasons that should please most of us, in my opinion.

Aren't some big players likely to be willing to eat the $100K assessment for each of their very high-value employees if they judge that they will, over the long run, face less competition from startups and smaller firms that can't comfortably afford that cost burden? Shouldn't we want as many as possible of the world's best and brightest to come to America and help build the AI and high-tech future we envision?

If so, I think we should want more, not fewer, awards of H-1B visas.

[txdot-guy]

What we’re talking about here is a wage based merit system. Where the primary criteria is whether you can pay or not. The system seems rife with abuses and corruption. How much do you want to bet that the sons and daughters of wealthy parents will be able to get visas and more qualified researchers or doctors or teachers will not.

[RX792P]

Learning from Trump's legal tactics

A 79-year-old Van Nuys car wash owner has filed a federal civil rights claim seeking $50 million after he says he was violently body slammed and pinned by federal agents during an immigration raid at his business on Sept. 9. The claim names the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement as defendants.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-new...wash-ice-raid/

[CPT Savajo]

So the people walking over the US border are on the Zinc Card?

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by Texas Contrarian

I understand that he is likely right about that, at least with respect to some large companies.

But not for reasons that should please most of us, in my opinion.

Aren't some big players likely to be willing to eat the $100K assessment for each of their very high-value employees if they judge that they will, over the long run, face less competition from startups and smaller firms that can't comfortably afford that cost burden? Shouldn't we want as many as possible of the world's best and brightest to come to America and help build the AI and high-tech future we envision?

If so, I think we should want more, not fewer, awards of H-1B visas.

Agreed. I thought the idea sucked big time when the Trump administration initially said the cost would be $100,000 per year. Now it's $100,000 for each applicant, although it's not clear whether the $100,000 is refundable if the application is unsuccessful. It's probably an improvement over the current system. Historically the visas were awarded by a lottery and a high % of the visas got issued to people working for Indian outsourcing firms. Now that companies have to fork over $100K, maybe the most deserving people will receive them.

$100K, hmm, I wonder if McCain will apply? That's his magic number, and I honestly bet there are companies out there that would pay that for him. He probably won't bite though as he'd have to renounce his U.S. citizenship and leave his job first to do that.

Anyway, yeah, they should issue a lot more of these. But as long as Stephen Miller's calling the shots instead of Trump, they won't.

Originally Posted by CPT Savajo

So the people walking over the US border are on the Zinc Card?

That may have been true, but since March of this year it's called the Lead Card. People along the underground railroad to the USA call it the Tarjeta de Plomos and say to corre como un cabron cuando oigas los disparos.