US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program for skilled foreign workers

Serious stuff! President Trump means business! How will India or Indians respond?

"... H-1B visas are designed for highly skilled positions that employers may struggle to fill with qualified U.S. workers. Tech companies are among the largest users of the program, with nearly three-quarters of approved visas going to workers from India ..."

US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program for skilled foreign workers | TechCrunch

Chart of the day

The distinction between non-permanent and permanent immigration is important. This change in the ratio shown for Canada over the past 25 years is dramatic.

Unfortunately, a lot of talking heads and ideologues like to confuse migrants and immigrants in daily discourse.

I believe some smaller European countries (e.g. Luxembourg, Switzerland) have a similar ratio like Canada, but going back several decades further than Canada.

Source

 

The Polish trade union, Solidarnosc

Very recommendable!

The Poles are rebels according to Stalin. Courage in the face of adversity!

Polish communist authorities did not surveil or interfere with the catholic church. One more reason why Pope John Paul II was instrumental in bringing down the Evil Empire!
The famous Gdansk shipyard electrician Lech Walesa.
10 million Polish people had joined the Solidanosc trade union by September 1981, "representing one-third of the country's working-age population."

The Polish trade union, Solidarność | DW Documentary - YouTube