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 functions,” Sept. 19). Appears like a chance for corruption: Corporations might doubtlessly keep away from the charge by doing Trump a favor.
Alternatively, in my 40-year IT profession, I noticed loads of instances the place my firm used H-1B visas to herald international staff 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 staff (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
