“East is East , West is West, never the twin shall meet” was a saying of few yea
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“East is East , West is West, never the twin shall meet” was a saying of few years ago which has been forgotten in todays “Global Village” concept for a globetrotter.
I would differ for the reasons stated below.
Cross country culture has grown to such an extent, that, America which was a dream destination to the common Indian became a part of the journey after graduation – with a middle class family raising loans to fund the young adult’s education abroad, often mortgaging property or jewels, rather a mix of both for the “kid” to get “foreign education” – never mind the brain drain that was happening back home , or the give back to his country men that one had never thought about , in “global interests” or the “technology” jobs that were on offer in the USA with a handsome package thanks to currency conversion.
Not to mention though, this did not increase the localite job seeker’s position in either India or China – it only went to offset the local American jobs who found they were unemployed much more than their parents or grandparents time. To such effects that when the economy slowed down way back in 2001 and further on in 2009, it became a game of the survival of the fittest and the foreign workers found it easy to board planes and go back home till the situation improved.
At that point of time, did the sacked foreign nationals with pink slips in hand think of their employers ? Or did the employer miss them too much to consider issues of global competition ?Or were they actually lacking skills that became apparent only at the point of survival of the organization ?Possibly a factor of all the above ,along with cultural incompatibility .
Did the above recessionary phases when the foreign workers, who were equally skilled and educated at that time driven home ,( as they are today in a way) ,pave the way for a black America ? Not at all . USA rose back , streamlining its efforts trying to provide for localite bread winners to stop using unemployment benefits and rather be employed.
The USCIS did well to curtail abusive work permits and the well known kick off with a business work visa being used by Indian IT major Infosys was well in the news. This identification that jobs need to be provided to its citizens before being on offer for foreign students is commendable.
Frankly, the sea of opportunities has only now opened to the budding American generation, which has witnessed the Indians and Chinese depriving them of their own jobs in their own homeland !As the foreign national students will not be there to snatch away the jobs, the localite population gets a good opportunity to earn and learn , fitting into positions that could not have hitherto been theirs.
Why should the size of population of a foreign country be of interest , in the wake of protecting the jobs of its citizens then ? Overpopulation is a global concern , and it is just that India and China are doing nothing to maintain it. That should not mean its citizens need to get visa be addressed by the USA !
What is the qualification or skills possessed by the average Indian or Chinese that make them suitable for jobs in America that cannot be fulfilled by its own people ? Does instilling a measure at employment for its citizens mean a situation of competition ? For competition, there should be a level of equality – and in this case, it is not , so how and where does the question of competition set in ?
Indian and Chinese workforces are often underpaid irrespective of the talent, so if they set foot on foreign sands, it is only that they were lucky enough to do so. There remain a lot more number of people who are more qualified than their brethren who set foot on US soil back at home in India or China, who are far more skilled and not getting the right opportunities. How then will their journey back home cause any degree of competition to the upcoming American ?
Making changes to the visa policies is not the big deal – the question is , does the American want to go back to the era of slow down, recession and unemployment by offering jobs to international graduates – at the expense of their own careers, job and growth ?
A spurt of manufactured Chinese goods that make way inland should not be the only reason for welcoming them with work visas – these trouble the Indian economy which cannot meet the rates offered by the Chinese products .
But nevertheless, they are not competing economies, as it is widely known that Chinese lack the English education and the Indian lacks the American culture.
Should California pave way for Indian startups or focus on improving its Apple and hp garages ?
The moment of reckoning is here !
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The result is that employers are now reluctant to hire foreign students. Why recruit and train new hires when there is less than a 50 percent chance that they will be able to stay? These students are getting increasingly frustrated and applying for jobs back home or in other countries. So we have set the stage for hundreds of thousands of highly educated and skilled workers to become our competitors. The Indian and Chinese industry benefited in a big way from the trickle of returnees over the last few years. Now we're looking at a flood.
STATE if you agree or disagree and why, with these answers provided below?
a) Why are some of the non-U.S. citizens who study in America not being allowed to stay in the United States upon graduating from American universities? Simply put, there are not enough visas available for them to stay legally. Compounding matters, the already limited numbers of available visas are also restricted by country, such that potential immigrants from countries with smaller or less skilled immigrant pools -- Iceland and Poland are mentioned in the article -- have the same amount of visas available as those countries with more significant numbers of more highly skilled immigrants. This restricts the flow of highly qualified immigrants from countries such as India and China.
From a policy perspective, how might this system be changed?
b) This is a hot-button issue in our country today. Even though the policy is a federal one, states and municipalities are certainly stakeholders in the process. If this visa system is to be expanded, it seems change will have to come from the federal level. Sometimes enough pressure can be put on elected officials on the local level to make it a national issue. However, state and local stakeholders have different stakes in the game -- in my opinion, for example, California would probably benefit more from highly skilled workers in the tech field (Silicon Valley) than Maine or Louisiana, so it would likely be a higher priority issue for them.
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