[stevepotter]

You're being too aggressive for my taste and I don't think there's any dialog to be had here. I was wrong though, this particular visa was O-1 and not H-1B and they are quite different. I was discussing a single person who was uniquely qualified. And passed the rigorous O-1 application process only to be prohibited from crossing the border because he was born in a particular place.

I'm a startup with modest angel funding. We can't compete with larger companies salary-wise and so far I haven't been able to find competent people who are willing the play the startup game when they can get half a mil straight out of school. We have only a handful of software engineers. But I don't have to tell you because like you said, you know exactly what my situation is.

This clearly isn't a productive conversation so let's just drop it. Enjoy your weekend!

[elmerfud]

So now you're just changing the subject. Because we were talking about H1B visas and now you're complaining about someone with a different visa type being prohibited from crossing the border. Maybe what's your sensing as aggressiveness is me just pointing out that you don't seem to be talking in good faith or you constantly keep changing what you're talking about without indicating you're actually changing it. Makes it quite confusing to have any kind of cohesive discussion.

I think if you'll refer back to my original response I acknowledge that I do not like The vast majority of immigration related policies that have been instituted under the Trump administration. It was only this one specifically about H1B visas that I do agree with. So you were apparently talking about not H1B visas which resulted in this confusion.

[stevepotter]

Great, take care