Trump Presidency – Indian students unsure about pursuing US higher education

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6 points·bajaj··3 comments

Perhaps silly since Trump's position is "Intel yes, Infosys no", i.e. no change in H-1B policies for students who graduate from US institutions of higher education, and given how big a fight there will be just to zap the Infosys bodyshop sector of H-1Bs, it's highly questionable it'll go further.

On the other hand, if the only reason you're going to spend 4 years at school in the US is to get an H-1B visa, the risks for the opportunity cost you're taking has definitely gotten higher. On the third hand, do we really want such people getting work over here, as in, if you're here to get a real education and then work over here, that's quite different than just the latter.

that's also part of reason why people voted/supported Trump

Indeed, Disney laying off workers and only giving them severance if they trained their HCL and Cognizant bodyshop replacements, with the added sting of non-disclosure, well, that didn't play well with the sorts of people who "voted/supported Trump".

I'll add especially since it's strictly illegal to directly replace American workers with H-1Bs, but that's never been enforced to my knowledge. This whole "legal/illegal" thing has taken such a hit ... AG nominee Sessions has quite a task ahead of him. Another reason we voted for Trump.

Note also that that was a supremely boneheaded move for Disney, which is not just another corporate giant ... except perhaps it is, now....

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