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> The proposed weighted-selection concept echoes a 2021 DHS plan under President Donald Trump's first administration that had sought to rank and select petitions by wage tiers (OES wage levels IV down to I), an approach that the Trump administration argued would prioritize higher-paid, highly skilled hires. That earlier plan faced opposition, was withdrawn by the Biden administration and saw related regulations blocked in federal court.

This seems like a no-brainer. Why did Biden withdraw the rule?

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Probably because someone told him to. That someone was likely using H1b visas to save money instead of because of an actual need.

That's what they all do. The whole H1B program needs to be shelved.

Do you have examples of these people who are saving money using H1B?

about 12 years ago I worked at a very large non-tech company that had outsourced to contractors to work on some code. They had a room in the basement for about 20 kids on H1B visas that were clearly right out of college. This was in a major city that had plenty of jr developers around, they just would expect more money.

I forget the contractors company name but they came up on HN at the time for being abusive towards their employees who risked deportation if they stood up for themselves. If I find specific examples I'll add them later, but you can probably just search hn for h1b.

I'm sure it's ok to give out specifics of something that happened 12 years ago, what makes you think this sort of stuff is still happening?

I think the whole "blocked in federal court" part is why.

I'm not sure I get it. So you want to have higher positions filled by h1b holders? The quota will be maxxed anyway. I don't have issues with that, personally.

Was Biden actually running things or was it a Weekend at Bernie's presidency? I don't know if we'll ever know, by the end of it he was very out of it.

Because the executive doesn't have the authority to do this. Trump also ultimately didn't do it. I don't recall if he lost the suit or withdrew it voluntarily. The new court is different and submissive, so it'll likely get through this time.

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