Jonathan Pie explains it

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Trump will not alter the H1B Visa program.

Hmmm, but the deal may be altered in other ways...

Trump signs an EO stopping all refugees for 120 days, and all visa holders from seven countries (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya) for 90 days.

Google orders any of its green card or H1Bers from those countries, that are overseas, to fly back to the US:

Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order

This is odd because H1Bers are not refugees; the average H1Ber salary in the US is 75K*. I worked with one who was investing in a lot of land back in India, and would be considered upper class there.

Anyway, the seven countries represent a small fraction of all H1Bers. Four out of five H1Bers are Indian or Chinese*. Still, when stories like this are in the news, it may cause employers to think twice before bringing in H1Bers.

Or it may cause them to defiantly hire more of them. (Instead of hiring lesser-paid/older IT workers (like me) and training them.) We don't know. Whichever way the wind blows.



* citation: US Gov "Characteristics of H-1B Specialty Occupation Workers"

this post was edited for accuracy 6 minutes after posting