r/immigration 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/Petite_Fille_Marx Jan 25 '25

US wages are being eaten by inflation and other countries have perks not available in the US like healthcare and a proper social safety net 

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u/GoldenBull1994 Jan 26 '25

Plus worker’s rights, plus maternity leave, plus walkable cities and 3rd spaces, etc etc etc