The US immigration system is friendlier with those who are trying to start a family. And the easiest way to do that is with a fake marriage. It’s no surprise that immigrants want to avoid all this. They get highly skilled employees who will work for less, and these employees have to endure five years of this exploitation before they can apply for a green card, which gives them better rights and permanent-residence status. If they’re fired or the company shuts down, their visa is no longer valid, a state of insecurity that often results in their feeling forced to accept a smaller salary than their American colleagues.Īs a result, the corporations are the big winners. In 2013, 200,000 foreign workers hoping for employment in Silicon Valley applied for an H-1B visa, but only 16,000 were approved.Īnd the ones lucky enough to be approved are then totally at the mercy of their boss. However, only a limited number of these are available. One solution is to obtain an H-1B visa: a nonimmigrant visa for foreign workers. While tech geeks seeking work in twenty-first century America don’t have it quite that bad, they still face a pretty rough deal.īeing allowed to work in Silicon Valley isn’t easy for an immigrant, and the process often leads to exploitation. When Europeans were trying to reach America in the eighteenth century, many paid for their passage by submitting to several years of indentured servitude.
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