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Nonilex<p>But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a> system also takes a toll on its supposed beneficiaries, the temporary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> seeking permanent residency. Even after their PERM applications are approved, they must typically wait &gt;10yrs before getting a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>, a long wait even by the standards of the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> system. In the interim,it can be hard for them to leave their sponsoring employers,exposing them to overwork at jobs that often pay less than what their American counterparts receive.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>These columns of ads…not really looking for applicants underscore the challenges facing US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> &amp; the striking disparities in the current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> landscape. As restaurants, meatpackers &amp; countless other businesses now risk having workers targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> employers have…escaped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin scrutiny for use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignLabor</span></a>. Among companies sponsoring many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> employees for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCards</span></a> …are ones aligned w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This makes for a highly ironic juxtaposition: pages of print ads paid for by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employers</span></a>, many of them the same Silicon Valley giants that have helped eviscerate newspaper classifieds &amp; drive down print newspaper circulation to the point that it can be hard even to find a place to buy a paper in many communities.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It’s no surprise that the efforts at this point can be less than sincere.</p><p>This is where the [endless &amp; deceptive] newspaper ads come in. Under US Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> rules dating back to the era before the worldwide web, employers must post the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> for which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a> certification is being sought for 30 days with a state workforce agency &amp; in 2 successive Sunday newspapers in the job’s location.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…As a result of choices made by legislators 35yrs ago, the effort to find a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizen</span></a> is not expected at the front end, when employers are considering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> from abroad. At that point, employers simply enter the lottery for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1Bs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1Bs</span></a>, &amp; if they get one, they can use it.</p><p>Only once a company has employed someone for 5 or 6 yrs &amp; become *committed* to *helping* that person stay in the US permanently must the company show that it is trying to find someone else.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>There is even less attention given to what happens w/these foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> — ¾ of whom are…from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> —when many decide they want to stay beyond the 6yr max allowed for an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> recipient (a 3yr term can be renewed 1X). To qualify for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>, workers must get their employers to sponsor them via the Permanent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Cert process, aka <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a>. And to do that, employers must demonstrate that they made a sincere effort to find someone else—a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UScitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UScitizen</span></a> or permanent resident….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Last December, a tiff erupted between billionaire entrepreneurs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VivekRamaswamy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VivekRamaswamy</span></a>, on the one side, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> champions including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a>, over the formers’ claims that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> workers are needed because the homegrown <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> workforce is inadequate. But almost as quickly as it started, the spat vanished from the news.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It is a process that nearly everyone involved admits is nonsensical, highly vulnerable to abuse, as well as a contributor to inequities among domestic &amp; foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>.</p><p>Yet the system has endured for decades, largely out of public view. There is occasional debate over the ~120k workers from overseas who are awarded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> every year for temporary high-skilled employment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Crackdown on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a></p><p>“This ad is for a PERM filing,”she said. “A filing for a green card.”</p><p>To anybody familiar w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a> system, those words meant the ad was not really intended to find applicants.…One of the most overlooked yet consequential corners of the US immigration system: the process by which employers sponsor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> w/temporary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> as a first step to getting them the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-h1b-visas-perm-tech-jobs-recruitment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">mmigration-h1b-visas-perm-tech-jobs-recruitment</span></a></p>
MrWtr0102<p>👆 please see above 🧵</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FreeNationsOfPostRussiaForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeNationsOfPostRussiaForum</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FNRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FNRF</span></a><br><a href="https://www.freenationsrf.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">freenationsrf.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Proposed Independent Nation: <br>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ural</span></a> Republic</p><p>Proposed Capital:<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Yekaterinburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yekaterinburg</span></a></p><p>Consisting of areas currently known as:<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Chelyabinsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chelyabinsk</span></a> Oblast<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Kurgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurgan</span></a> Oblast<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Perm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perm</span></a> Krai<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sverdlovsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sverdlovsk</span></a> Oblast</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeRussiaSmallAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeRussiaSmallAgain</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JasonJaySmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonJaySmart</span></a> @ 12:31am EDT on Oct 24, 2024</p><p>🔥🔥🔥 Two girls in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Perm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perm</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> threw <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MolotovCocktails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MolotovCocktails</span></a> into the office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UntiedRussia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UntiedRussia</span></a> (the political party of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a>).</p><p>👉 The girls should be nominated for “citizens of the year.”</p>
FunHouse Radio<p>► <a href="https://FunHouseRadio.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">FunHouseRadio.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &lt;-- ON AIR<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dadjoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dadjoke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sperm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sperm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/perm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/curls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hairdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hairdo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a></p>
Aure Free Press :verified:<p>In Perm, Russia the basements of a residential building were flooded with boiling water</p><p>The entrances of two houses were filled with steam, and the basements were flooded with boiling water. Now in Perm it is minus 16 degrees.</p><p>“ Horror, almost to tears. All our basements have been renovated, and the entrances are undergoing renovations. We have elite Khrushchev buildings, but here it is. Everything is floating, water is dripping from the ceiling. <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AureFreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AureFreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Perm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perm</span></a></p>
Joyce Bell :mastodon: 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fenetre.dev/@rochelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rochelle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@douglasvb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>douglasvb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> My mom once tortured me with a Tonette home perm. 😱 Never permed my hair again! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/perm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perm</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Tonette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tonette</span></a> <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/tonette-childrens-home-permanent:nmah_738019" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">si.edu/object/tonette-children</span><span class="invisible">s-home-permanent:nmah_738019</span></a></p>
Graffiti All Day<p><a href="https://rap.social/tags/spektrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spektrum</span></a> <a href="https://rap.social/tags/perm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perm</span></a> <a href="https://rap.social/tags/graffiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graffiti</span></a> <a href="https://rap.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://rap.social/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a> <a href="https://rap.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://rap.social/tags/hiphop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiphop</span></a></p>