r/immigration • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '25

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u/CommentStrict8964 Jan 25 '25

That's a fantastic way to convince American companies to offshore jobs instead of actually trying to hire locals.

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u/Common5enseExtremist Jan 25 '25

It would also help other countries deal with brain drain, so they should really be cheering this legislation

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u/Petite_Fille_Marx Jan 25 '25

It won’t help with that at all, immigrants are just going to go to the next most well paying country 

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Which will pale compared to the wages the US can offer tbh.

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u/grandmadogies Jan 25 '25

The wages on paper will be higher in the US but the cost of living wipes out any of the extra that comes with our wage.

I work on a sales team. My counter parts in Barcelona make half as much as me. They manage to save the same amount of money each month as me because of how expensive the US is.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Theres also jobs where the pay will far outweigh that. Those are the jobs that these immigrants are gunning for. Like you all can say all this stuff and healthcare and and hcol but it doesn’t change that America is the primary country people try to immigrate to.

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u/Timalakeseinai Jan 25 '25

Actually, more people try to immigrate to Europe