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patanjali.purpose
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The H-1B non-immigrant United States visa category allows U.S. employers to hire temporary skilled foreign workers to fill gaps in the domestic labor pool. Critics of the program claim that it is instead being used to bring economic migrants into the U.S. to work as cheap labor in jobs that could be filled by domestic workers. This outcome has potentially detrimental consequences for both domestic and foreign economies. The home countries of H-1B visa holders are losing intelligent workers to another country, where they are spending money and supporting an economy that is not their own. Domestically, corporations who employ foreign workers may benefit in the short term by paying lower wages and, therefore, keeping their production costs to a minimum. However, the long-term consequences for the U.S. economy could be harmful as jobs that would normally be filled by domestic workers have become unavailable because H-1B visa holders have been hired instead.
Wage depression is the most common complaint of the H-1B visa program, as some studies have reported that H-1B laborers are being paid significantly lower than their U.S. counterparts. This problem is prevalent within the field of technology, where the majority of H-1B visas are being used to hire foreigners to work for U.S. high-tech firms. Some claim that domestic students will be deterred from pursuing studies in the area of technology because there is less financial incentive to do so. If fewer domestic students are being trained to work within this field, then the labor gap remains, and U.S. corporations will continue to outsource the jobs to foreign workers at reduced salaries.
The author of this passage would likely propose a solution to the problems associated with the H-1B visa program based on the idea of:
A) an equitable economic exchange between U.S. employers and foreign laborers.
B) a greater economic advantage for domestic workers versus foreign workers.
C) a greater economic advantage for foreign workers versus domestic workers.
D) preventing wage depression from spreading to fields besides technology.
E) convincing domestic students that technology is still a viable field.
Pls explain your pick.
Wage depression is the most common complaint of the H-1B visa program, as some studies have reported that H-1B laborers are being paid significantly lower than their U.S. counterparts. This problem is prevalent within the field of technology, where the majority of H-1B visas are being used to hire foreigners to work for U.S. high-tech firms. Some claim that domestic students will be deterred from pursuing studies in the area of technology because there is less financial incentive to do so. If fewer domestic students are being trained to work within this field, then the labor gap remains, and U.S. corporations will continue to outsource the jobs to foreign workers at reduced salaries.
The author of this passage would likely propose a solution to the problems associated with the H-1B visa program based on the idea of:
A) an equitable economic exchange between U.S. employers and foreign laborers.
B) a greater economic advantage for domestic workers versus foreign workers.
C) a greater economic advantage for foreign workers versus domestic workers.
D) preventing wage depression from spreading to fields besides technology.
E) convincing domestic students that technology is still a viable field.
Pls explain your pick.
