To the editor: President Trump’s proclamation “permits case-by-case exemptions if within the nationwide curiosity” (“Trump signs proclamation imposing $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications,” Sept. 19). Seems like a chance for corruption: Corporations might probably keep away from the charge by doing Trump a favor.
However, in my 40-year IT profession, I noticed loads of instances 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 international locations undergo 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
