Trump floats path to citizenship for specialized visa holders

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/trump-citizenship-specialized-visa-holders-1096931

President Donald Trump seemingly teased plans for broader immigration reform on Friday, tweeting that he is open to a path to citizenship for holders of a visa for high-skilled workers known as H1-B.

The social media post comes as the White House negotiates with congressional Democrats to strike a deal to end the ongoing government shutdown, now in its 21st day. Trump has thus far refused to reopen the government unless Congress appropriates money for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but on Friday seemed to suggest that he would be open larger immigration reform proposals.

“H1-B holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship,” Trump wrote online Friday morning.

The H1-B program is frequently used by tech companies in the U.S. to bring in highly skilled foreign workers for specialized, in-demand jobs and has been a target of the Trump administration over to criticisms that it displaces American workers. The program grants 65,000 employment visas each year, plus an additional 20,000 for U.S. master's degree holders, but the Trump administration’s eagerness to limit immigration has added a measure of uncertainty for visa holders and the companies looking to employ them.

Though the Trump administration has sought to clamp down on abuses of the program alleged by members of both parties in Congress, the president's tweet Friday highlighted its advantages.

“We want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the U.S.,” he said.

While Trump hinted Friday that he might be interested in broader immigration reform, shutdown negotiations thus far have mostly steered clear of issues unrelated to the border wall even though members of both parties have indicated that other immigration issues might offer fodder for a compromise to be struck.

Democratic leaders, wary of Trump’s mercurial nature, have repeatedly said that they were not interested in striking any deal with the president that would trade wall funding for other immigration priorities, though those proposals would most likely involve a path to citizenship or other protections for so-called Dreamers.

During a visit Thursday to the southern border, Trump told reporters that he would be open to a deal to help immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children, though he declined to link it directly to reopening the government.

"We want to help the Dreamers," he said.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Another dumb troll thread. Bring back PRB. At least he was interesting!

 

[Ender]

Another dumb troll thread. Bring back PRB. At least he was interesting!

JUST. STOP.

Zippy is NOT trolling the forum. It is NOT Zippy who's spreading hate, division, and fear, while continually insulting and calling other members names. Maybe you better check in more often.

Plus Zippy's posts, whether you agree with them or not, are very useful.

 

[kahless]

Another dumb troll thread. Bring back PRB. At least he was interesting!

No, it's real.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

JUST. STOP.

Plus Zippy's posts...

Seriously, don't you think PRB was better at his craft than ZippyJuan? Zip is a dullard. A shell of himself, really. And don't get me started on TheCount. He's a morose progressive whose walking dead name befits him.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

No, it's real.

PRB was the real deal!

 

[kahless]

So much for jobs for Americans first. We are a nation with a glut of highly skilled unemployed college graduates and people whom had life long careers in the field. Trump just pretty much said fuck these Americans and he is going to make sure people living in India right now are taken of.

This is the greatest betrayal of Trump's presidency. He betrayed his own campaign promises, his supporters and every American tech worker or wannabe tech worker in the US.

Let the Dems impeach his ass. I'm out.

 

[Zippyjuan]

JUST. STOP.

Zippy is NOT trolling the forum. It is NOT Zippy who's spreading hate, division, and fear, while continually insulting and calling other members names. Maybe you better check in more often.

Plus Zippy's posts, whether you agree with them or not, are very useful.

He just wants attention- and today he is getting plenty. Ignore him and he goes away. Democratic Underground most likely.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

He just wants attention- and today he is getting plenty.

So I trolled the troll?

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Trump floats path to citizenship for specialized visa holders

Speaking of floating.

 

[Swordsmyth]

JUST. STOP.

Zippy is NOT trolling the forum. It is NOT Zippy who's spreading hate, division, and fear, while continually insulting and calling other members names. Maybe you better check in more often.

Plus Zippy's posts, whether you agree with them or not, are very useful.

I'm still waiting for you to call out Influenza or Son of Liberty or any of the other leftists who abuse people horribly on this forum.

You are like Mitt Romney, you only demand civility of the people to the right of you.

 

[oyarde]

So much for jobs for Americans first. We are a nation with a glut of highly skilled unemployed college graduates and people whom had life long careers in the field. Trump just pretty much said fuck these Americans and he is going to make sure people living in India's right now are taken of.

This is the greatest betrayal of Trump's presidency. He betrayed his own campaign promises, his supporters and every American tech worker or wannabe tech worker in the US.

Let the Dems impeach his ass. I'm out.

This must be the Indian reparations Danke mentioned .

 

[angelatc]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/trump-citizenship-specialized-visa-holders-1096931

This is you being a troll.

Trump negotiates. Nobody should be shocked if the Dreamers get citizenship, because that's always been on the table. I just wonder what he's going to get in return?

 

[angelatc]

Another dumb troll thread. Bring back PRB. At least he was interesting!

Let's not. Let's just continue to pray that Zippy some day realizes that he isn't one of us and doesn't belong here.

 

[kahless]

This must be the Indian reparations Danke mentioned .

heh. Seriously though Trump is clearly helping the wrong Indians. It is mind blowing how this is not a huge issue. The people here, Native Americans, Americans or what have you should come first over foreigners. This should not even be controversial but rather a given. But we have a President and politicians in both parties virtue signaling otherwise.

It is bullshit. Americans of all ethnic, religious and racial groups should band together to stop it.

 

[Swordsmyth]

This is you being a troll.

Trump negotiates. Nobody should be shocked if the Dreamers get citizenship, because that's always been on the table. I just wonder what he's going to get in return?

This isn't about Dreamers, this is about H1bs.

 

[angelatc]

This isn't about Dreamers, this is about H1bs.

The headline is, but read the last couple lines of the article.

 

[Swordsmyth]

heh. Seriously though Trump is clearly helping the wrong Indians. It is mind blowing how this is not a huge issue. The people here, Native Americans, Americans or what have you should come first over foreigners. This should not even be controversial but rather a given. But we have a President and politicians in both parties virtue signaling otherwise.

It is bull$#@!. Americans of all ethnic, religious and racial groups should band together to stop it.

I agree 100% but I am also hoping that he is just trying to look like he isn't "racist" and is willing to offer the Demoncrats a deal but he won't actually do anything and he knows the Demoncrats won't make any deal, not even a deal with DACA/DREAMER amnesty because they want wide open borders forever until there are no borders and no USA at all.

 

[kahless]

Let's not. Let's just continue to pray that Zippy some day realizes that he isn't one of us and doesn't belong here.

It would be an echo chamber without him and from what I have seen at least he backs up his beliefs whether right or wrong rather than low information or personal attacks. I saw a few threads of his today where what he posted cannot really be disputed. Sometimes the opposition gets it right.

 

[Swordsmyth]

The headline is, but read the last couple lines of the article.

I see, well I hope that he is just trying to look like he isn't "racist" and is willing to offer the Demoncrats a deal but he won't actually do anything and he knows the Demoncrats won't make any deal, not even a deal with DACA/DREAMER amnesty because they want wide open borders forever until there are no borders and no USA at all.