Thread by @doug_rand

The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (#S386) began with a simple premise: one green card queue for everyone, regardless of home country.

As helpfully explained by @gsiskind, the latest version adds two very consequential extras... 1/

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@gsiskind First, a raft of new constraints on employers that #H1B skeptics have sought for a long time.

Perhaps the biggest deal is a ban on US companies (w/ <50 workers) having more than 50% of their US workforce be H1B or L visa holders. That could crush some IT consulting firms... 2/

@gsiskind ...but perhaps also the occasional post-Series B startup that happens to employ a lot of foreign-born tech talent?

Curious for reactions from @nvca @TechNYC @TechNetUpdate @EngineOrg @AngelList @ycombinator @techstars @enginexyz! 3/

@gsiskind @nvca @TechNYC @TechNetUpdate @EngineOrg @AngelList @ycombinator @techstars @enginexyz The other big addition to #S386 is "early filing" of an I-485 (green card application) even if a worker still has many years to wait for the actual green card to become available. That means a work permit w/ job portability & less potential for employer abuse. 4/

@gsiskind @nvca @TechNYC @TechNetUpdate @EngineOrg @AngelList @ycombinator @techstars @enginexyz What happens next?

I'll CC @FrescoLeon on that question... 5/5