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Canada is becoming a tech hub. Thanks, Donald Trump!

"Foxconn's $10bn move to the US is not a reason to celebrate"

US companies are moving tech jobs to Canada rather than deal with Trump’s immigration policies.

By Rani Molla@ranimolla Mar 19, 2019, 10:00am EDT

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Recent immigration data shows the US is issuing fewer total visas to these types of workers than in previous years. This is a result of an executive order Trump issued in 2017 to review the H-1B process and make good on his pledge to “Hire American.”

It’s also made the whole process of sourcing these workers much more difficult, which in turn makes the hiring process more expensive. Some 60 percent of applications required additional paperwork in the last quarter of 2018, twice as much as two years earlier.

For the most part, the reason US companies are hiring international tech labor is because there aren’t enough skilled Americans to do that work.

This is a systemic problem that has its roots in a lack of pertinent science, or STEM, education. Indeed, the number of STEM job openings outpaces .. https://research.newamericaneconomy.org/report/sizing-up-the-gap-in-our-supply-of-stem-workers/ .. the number of unemployed STEM workers, according to a report by the New American Economy, a bipartisan business coalition launched by Michael Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch. The organization found that 23 percent of all STEM workers in the US are immigrants.

Our loss is Canada’s gain

https://www.vox.com/2019/3/19/18264391/us-tech-jobs-canada-immigration-policies-trump