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US software developer and systems administrator; usually working remotely in Latin America

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@Doc_rockwell @BowTiedRanger You used the word bro and literally in the same sentence….. you’re what I call a modern “valley girl”….

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@calvinfroedge Sadly, there are very very few people who appreciate what he has to say.

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@renewableworks @calvinfroedge @pollyanish345 Great video since you seem like you’re a Ron Paul expert I’ve got a question for you. Is his don Rand Paul as good as Ron Paul in terms of being super honest and having what are arguably the best policies for the American people?

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@Crime_SpotterSA @RiebvJanbeeck That’s complete baloney. Aqui não Me imagine People Back and in the Midnight How was the West One with Like that?

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@bowtiedbrazil @BowTiedCrow Birds of the name feather do not always flock together

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@AnywhereGuy @grok @Mxe9l Thank you very much. Holy shit. I must be getting old because I had at least three or four Led Zeppelin tape cassettes when I was a boy… probably more than that … fuck

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@shilohp15 @JesseBWatters I agree with that, but we cannot give them congressman or US senators because the risk of them flipping things Democrat is too great. It could be like Puerto Rico.

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@hispanicnomad I’m very curious about Paraguay because it seems quite sunny and hot. I’ve never been there. The thing is I love Brazil.

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@hispanicnomad The environment is terribly beautiful (from my perspective at any rate as a sun worshiper ) and it’s much more civilized than places like Cartagena and even Santa Marta in my opinion however, the people in barranquilla are somewhat xenophobic to put it bluntly.

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@BenZeisloft @BasedMikeLee @RealTStevenson There is an absolute ton of envy and resentment coming from mainline denominations in this comment thread … is it because they don’t want to admit the Mormons behave much more like Christians than they do with their watered-down weakness?

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@UAPLuigi @BasedMikeLee There is an absolute ton of envy and resentment coming from mainline denominations in this comment thread … is it because they don’t want to admit the Mormons behave much more like Christians than they do with their watered-down weakness?

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@BasedMikeLee There is an absolute ton of envy and resentment coming from mainline denominations in this comment thread … is it because they don’t want to admit the Mormons behave much more like Christians than they do with their watered-down weakness?

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@RealBenMichael @BasedMikeLee They’ve got some real doctrinal peculiarities, but they generally behave in a way that is much more Christian than any of the other denominations here in the United States. I didn’t join because I love coffee cigarettes and sleep with women before marriage.

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@ShawnaNonna @BasedMikeLee Well, even if it is a lie, they’re pretty darn well behaved and if I didn’t know any better, I’d say, they walk the walk when it comes to biblical principles. …. FYI, I never joined because I love coffee used to smoke cigarettes and bang chicks before marriage.

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@goddek Have you been to other Dutch developed areas? Well, I am currently in windhoek Namibia, but I used to live in Fortaleza Brazil and I’ve also been to Cape Town. Fortaleza people are a good 25% Dutch descent, mixed in. People don’t know that about the heritage Fortaleza.

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@NDLaw @NotreDame at the same time you do this you meaning the university of Notre Dame is attempting to get approval for an H1B petition for a professor of English so essentially you're even trying to hire English teachers from abroad insane hypocrites,

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Here’s a detailed breakdown of the key proposals in Rep. Chip Roy’s American White-Collar Worker Jobs Act of 2026 (H.R. __, introduced yesterday, June 4, 2026).

The bill reforms the H-1B visa program through targeted amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act. It does not pause or eliminate the program entirely but tightens it significantly to prioritize American workers. It builds on Rep. Eli Crane’s (R-AZ) End H-1B Visa Abuse Act.

Core Reforms

• Ends the random lottery system

Replaces it with a wage-based and merit-driven selection process. Employers must now meet strict new Labor Condition Application (LCA) requirements (detailed below) focused on higher wages, actual skill needs, and good-faith recruitment of Americans first.

• Requires employers to prove good-faith recruitment of American workers first

Employers must:

• Advertise the job on a new Secretary of Labor website.
• Offer the position to equally or better-qualified U.S. workers.
• Take industry-standard recruitment steps.
• Certify there are not sufficient able, willing, and qualified U.S. workers available.
• Show the job will not adversely affect wages and working conditions of similarly employed Americans.

• Bans companies with recent layoffs from hiring H-1B workers
No H-1B approval if the employer has laid off U.S. workers in the same occupational classification within the prior year.
H-1B workers also cannot displace any U.S. workers (directly or indirectly).

• Imposes a true prevailing wage floor

Employers must pay H-1B workers the higher of:

• The actual wage paid to other employees with similar experience/qualifications, or
• The 75th percentile wage for the occupation in the local area.
(This directly targets wage suppression.)

• Caps H-1B workers at 5% of an employer’s U.S. workforce
Prevents outsourcing/body shops from flooding a company with foreign labor.

• Ends H-1B as a pathway to permanent residency (green cards)

Adds explicit language requiring H-1B visa holders to maintain a residence in a foreign country which they have no intention of abandoning (dual-intent presumption is removed). Repeals prior provisions that facilitated adjustment of status.

• Eliminates the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program
Removes the post-graduation work authorization for foreign STEM students, which has served as a major backdoor to H-1B and eventual green cards. The bill also reasserts that only Congress (not executive agencies) can authorize employment for nonimmigrants.

• Strengthens worker qualifications and protections

• H-1B applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from a university equivalent to U.S. standards in a directly related field, plus any required licenses.
• Workers cannot be forced to pay visa fees, housing, bonds, or penalties for leaving the job.
• Bans “preferred vendor” lists or other restrictions that favor foreign labor.

• Adds enforcement teeth

• Secretary of Labor gets expanded investigation, subpoena, and audit powers.
• Fines up to $100,000 per violation (inflation-adjusted).
• Employers can be banned from the H-1B program for up to 10 years.
• Displaced U.S. workers gain a private right to sue employers in federal court.

• Additional guardrails

• Applications are public (except personal identifiers).
• No approval if local unemployment in the occupation exceeds 2%.
• No H-1B approvals during strikes/lockouts.
• Reasserts congressional authority over all employment authorization for aliens (limits future executive workarounds).

The bill is very new, so it has not yet been assigned a final H.R. number or referred to committee. Full text is available on Rep. Roy’s website. Supporters (including the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Immigration Accountability Project, and Citizens for Renewing America) praise it for closing loopholes that have allowed displacement and wage suppression.

Thoughts?