To the editor: President Trump’s proclamation “permits case-by-case exemptions if within the nationwide curiosity” (“Trump indicators proclamation imposing $100,000 annual charge for H-1B visa purposes,” Sept. 19). Appears like a chance for corruption: Firms might doubtlessly keep away from the charge by doing Trump a favor.
Alternatively, in my 40-year IT profession, I noticed loads of circumstances the place my firm used H-1B visas to usher in international employees who couldn’t go work for another person, making them extra keen to work lengthy hours for comparatively low pay.
One other good thing about discouraging international expert employees (and college students): a discount within the “mind drain” different nations endure when the U.S. attracts their most expert individuals. Trump could say others rob the U.S., however that is one space the place the U.S. has been robbing everybody else.
Gary Thorne, Yorba Linda
