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Does America Need Indian's? The H1B Visa Fight
Join us for one of our most requested episodes as we dive into the heated debate around the H1B visa program. We start by explaining what the H1B visa is supposed to be versus the reality of its implementation, including its significant impact on Indian immigration. We discuss arguments from both sides, touching on issues like Indian nepotism in hiring and the economic advantages of skilled immigrants. The conversation also covers the demographic challenges America faces and the role of highly skilled immigrants in maintaining national security and economic growth. We further analyze a controversial article from Aporia that critiques skilled immigration from a cultural perspective. The episode also delves into the accusations against Elon Musk's alleged sock puppet account on Twitter, providing a nuanced discussion around the H1B visa, its cultural impact, and its importance for America's future. Malcolm Collins: [00:00:00] Hello, Simone. I'm excited to be here with you today. This is probably one of the most requested episodes we've ever had, but what are our thoughts on the current H 1B visa debate that's going on in the right right now? Now, just first, I need to categorize for people's brains, which the H 1B visa actually is, because there was what we are told the H 1B visa is, and then there is what the H 1B visa actually is.
So for people outside the United States, the H 1B visa is the idea that if you have special talents or you're uniquely skilled companies can bring you, like, bring you over for immigration and sort of fast track your immigration process only if they can prove that they can't find an equivalent person in the United States.
So, What the H 1B visa actually is, and this is going to shock you, Simone, is you know how the U. S. used to have, like, immigration thresholds for different countries? Where if you were of certain ethnicities, you could get sort of a free pass into the United States, or a much easier pass into the United States that made the existing ethnic mix of the [00:01:00] United States?
Right. The H 1B visa is basically that, but for Indian people. Seventy three percent of people who get an H 1B visa are Indian.
Simone Collins: Whoa, wow. Okay, that's more than I thought.
Malcolm Collins: That's an insane amount, if you're like, looking at a global stage. It is, it is the The and this, this plays into a lot of resistance that some people have to it.
So if you're just people like us and you're like, Oh, the competent people, like, I don't care if we get a lot of competent immigrants in, and a lot of people are complaining, well, it's not just the competent immigrants. There's a lot of Indian nepotism causing people to come in. So I want to get to that aspect of the debate, because I think that there is a level of nuance here.
The second thing I'd like to say on all of this is I told you so. So, so many people, when we were like, okay, we're Believe me, Trump's administration is now the new right. That's who's staffing his offices. That's going to be the policy you're going to see coming out of it. When I talked about the new right, old right split and the JD Vance [00:02:00] appointment, and it's sort of symbolizing Trump going in a new right direction.
And I had pointed out many times, I was like, Trump is against low skilled immigrants, he is for high skilled immigrants on the all in podcast. He even went so far as to say he'd give all, People who got a college degree in in America and automatic citizenship. Now, I think that's going too far, but I am okay if you do that for like the top two, three colleges, maybe.
Now, because it's actually insane. We like train here, the best PhDs, like in the world here. And we'll get people to go, like go to Stanford. Like I had a friend from Israel, right? Came over, started a company. It was doing well. And they kicked him out of the country. A
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago