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xocetaceans

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18. No one does research in "the sciences". That is far too broad. At best, if you did what you claim, you have a narrow ...
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:08 PM
Jan 2026

... view into one field of science and its publishing, and what it has produced over that 50 year period. Maybe two, if you were lucky enough to find publishable results in an allied field. Three distinct fields of study would be unlikely, but still would offer a fairly narrow view. Presuming you do have some experience, though, what defines the "top talent" that you mention? The more the myth of "top talent" coming from overseas is pushed, it seems the more the willingness of politicians in the US to fund inadequately the education and research needed to produce that "top talent" here in the US. After all, why would they want to pay for something here when they can invite an equivalent "worker" in for less of a financial outlay? Sure, there are smart people across the globe, and some might well make breakthroughs in various fields, but if the US government treated education and research properly by funding it sufficiently, there would be more than enough talent here to maintain that leadership. (Take the SSC as a case in point if your scope of experience allows it.)

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Less doctors, less engineers, less scientists, etc. no_hypocrisy Jan 2026 #1
Our citizens study psychology, history, journalism and avoid sciences and math bucolic_frolic Jan 2026 #2
Oh, bullshit-nt Ollie Garkie Jan 2026 #8
Or they study law or business. dedl67 Jan 2026 #10
Not really. All you are doing is defending a low-wage program to satisfy the tech companies and their backing VCs, etc. xocetaceans Jan 2026 #14
If the H1B visas are being used to undercut salaries in engineering, that is wrong. dedl67 Jan 2026 #15
No one does research in "the sciences". That is far too broad. At best, if you did what you claim, you have a narrow ... xocetaceans Jan 2026 #18
There are enough US citizens and permanent residents to do the kind of work H1Bs are mostly used for fujiyamasan Jan 2026 #17
If the workers aren't allowed in the US DBoon Jan 2026 #3
The same companies may just employ them in other countries dickthegrouch Jan 2026 #4
Be careful what you wish for, MAGA! mdbl Jan 2026 #5
the U.S. has more than enough Engineers & Scientists Nigrum Cattus Jan 2026 #6
If you actually read the article you will see that there is actually a shortage of qualified workers in some fields dedl67 Jan 2026 #13
This out of work Ollie Garkie Jan 2026 #7
H-1B can go North Coast Lawyer Jan 2026 #9
H1B visas allow highly skilled international students with doctoral degrees in the sciences to work in the US dedl67 Jan 2026 #11
Trumps idea is better rolypolychloe Jan 2026 #12
I don't think the H1Bs have been gamed for medicine as they have for tech fujiyamasan Jan 2026 #16
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