ZARATHUSTRA: If a massive share of tech and software jobs are headed for extinction in the coming years, as the leading figures in AI openly say that they are, and millions of other white-collar jobs across the economy are about to be automated as well, why are we still pretending there is some pressing “need” for H1Bs and other “skilled” immigration?

The H1B issue should outrage every parent in America.

If a child cannot find a good job he cannot buy a home, is less likely to marry, less likely to have a family, smaller savings, his contributions to Social Security will be lower.

H1Bs are ruinous for young Americans. https://t.co/t2m29n0GBa

— White Papers Policy Institute (@WhitePapersPol) February 19, 2026

from Zarathustra,

Immigration enthusiasts have not updated their talking points for the world we are actually entering. If a massive share of tech and software jobs are headed for extinction in the coming years, as the leading figures in AI openly say that they are, and millions of other white-collar jobs across the economy are about to be automated as well, why are we still pretending there is some pressing “need” for H1Bs and other “skilled” immigration? There is no “need”. It does not exist.

If you want to talk about narrow carveouts for the genuinely singular, once-in-a-generation Werner Von Braun outliers who can do what no one in America can, fine. That is a different conversation. It is also not the one being used to justify mass inflows.