Summary
Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged undocumented Colombian workers in the U.S. to leave their jobs and return home, promising government loans for business startups.
His call follows a diplomatic clash with Donald Trump over U.S. deportation policies, including Petro’s temporary refusal to accept deportation flights.
The dispute nearly led to a trade conflict before both sides reached a truce.
Colombia has accepted 475 deportation flights since 2020, ranking fifth among Latin American nations receiving U.S. deportees.
Its always been a way for individuals and companies to pay to little for labor and works hand in hand with globalization. You are exactly right that these things should be done properly. I have always felt that all H1B should have to pay at least the average pay of the role performed by us citizens as part of its provisions. I don’t like trumps global up and down dick waving tarrifs but I always thought we should have tarrifs around countries having less freedom and rights than us. So basically free trade with europe, canada, and australia and a variety of other democracies across the globe but tarrifs on china, russia, saudi arabia, and such.
They do. But when your ability to live and work in this country depends on the company continuing to sponsor your visa, you’re a lot less likely to stand up for yourself on things like overtime.
Edit: As an example, a friend was being pressured to take a different position, which including relocating, with his visa being used as the stick. He was fortunately able to nope on out and get his visa picked up by another employer.
im not so sure:
“For an occupation not covered by a union contract, the weighted average of wages paid to similarly employed workers (i.e., workers having substantially comparable jobs in the occupational classification) in the geographic area of employment.”
I think the problem is they likely game what is similarly employed and then having a lot of H1B allows the to manipulate it a fair amount. Honestly maybe it should limit work hours to 40 a week but Im not sure how well that could be enforced. Maybe it should just allow them to work and the slot stays with the employee who can just move around as they feel like after one year or something.
Of course companies are going to try and game any system that regulated them. I believe the compensation is information that is included in the application for the visa. So if it’s deemed to be unfairly low for the position it can be denied. The salaries paid are public info, too. Plenty of sites to look them up.
https://h1binfo.org/
Unfortunately that site has not option for lowest paid. Like certainly right now no h1b should be done for under six figures if the skills are so hard to find they need to use an h1b.
Um, hi.
Former H1b here.
The pay’s the same. We just are stuck with the one company, as H1Bs are tied to the role, so getting fired means a moving truck; right now.
Also H1Bs need a shitload of legal work to ensure it’s all done and back on time so we don’t have a gap. They don’t tell you this, and it’s thousands of bucks. If the company pays, then they’re already paying more for immigrant labour than domestic.
In my case, after 5.5 years (j1+first H1) I wasn’t comfy with paying like $5k for my other H1 to be processed, just so I could be financially decimated by a car crash. I begged to work remotely - more “left it up to them” - and came home. Money exchange was good and I got another 3 years out of them.
see that is bs. all fees should be on the company end.