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Just because companies say they have skilled shortage doesn't make it true. They're mostly just picky and want to put pressure on wages. I also have a Ferrari shortage, so we need to make more Ferraris.

Plus, EU visas are basically just rubber stamps anyway compared to how hard getting an H1B is.

Actually here's another unused pressure point, the EU can retaliate by making it as difficult for Americans to work in the EU as it is for EU citizens to work in the US. Why isn't it already reciprocal?



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