Colombia’s president is calling on his compatriots working without legal status in the United States to leave their jobs and return home as soon as possible.

Summary

Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged undocumented Colombian workers in the U.S. to leave their jobs and return home, promising government loans for business startups.

His call follows a diplomatic clash with Donald Trump over U.S. deportation policies, including Petro’s temporary refusal to accept deportation flights.

The dispute nearly led to a trade conflict before both sides reached a truce.

Colombia has accepted 475 deportation flights since 2020, ranking fifth among Latin American nations receiving U.S. deportees.

  • Baron Von JEnglish
    10•2 days ago

    I have always felt that all H1B should have to pay at least the average pay of the role performed by us citizens as part of its provisions.

    They do. But when your ability to live and work in this country depends on the company continuing to sponsor your visa, you’re a lot less likely to stand up for yourself on things like overtime.

    Edit: As an example, a friend was being pressured to take a different position, which including relocating, with his visa being used as the stick. He was fortunately able to nope on out and get his visa picked up by another employer.

    • HubertManne
      2•2 days ago

      im not so sure:

      “For an occupation not covered by a union contract, the weighted average of wages paid to similarly employed workers (i.e., workers having substantially comparable jobs in the occupational classification) in the geographic area of employment.”

      I think the problem is they likely game what is similarly employed and then having a lot of H1B allows the to manipulate it a fair amount. Honestly maybe it should limit work hours to 40 a week but Im not sure how well that could be enforced. Maybe it should just allow them to work and the slot stays with the employee who can just move around as they feel like after one year or something.

      • Baron Von JEnglish
        2•1 day ago

        Of course companies are going to try and game any system that regulated them. I believe the compensation is information that is included in the application for the visa. So if it’s deemed to be unfairly low for the position it can be denied. The salaries paid are public info, too. Plenty of sites to look them up.

        https://h1binfo.org/

        • HubertManne
          1•1 day ago

          Unfortunately that site has not option for lowest paid. Like certainly right now no h1b should be done for under six figures if the skills are so hard to find they need to use an h1b.