Frisco residents divided over H-1B visas, 'Indian takeover' at council meeting

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2026/02/04/frisco-residents-divided-over-h-1b-visas-indian-takeover-at-council-meeting/

by alephnerd • 6 months ago

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SilverElfin2• 6 months ago

He said the program has created income inequality because the annual median income for Indian-American families was more than $150,000 in 2023, higher than the median income for other racial groups. Median household income for all Americans was $82,690 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

I love that the racists who attack the H1B program simultaneously complain that some racial groups earn more than their own white group, and also that the same racial groups are somehow just low cost labor meant to replace Americans. Their brains cannot acknowledge the most basic contradictions in their worldview.

Also the anti immigration “activist” this article casually mentions is absolutely deranged:

Palasciano said he found it suspicious that there was a growing number of small businesses in Frisco owned by people of Indian origin employing Indian H-1B workers, especially in light of Paxton’s investigation.
“There’s potential visa fraud here,” Palasciano said.

He literally sees a business employing nonwhites and thinks there is fraud. Textbook racist. His Twitter posts are even more unhinged and conspiratorial:

https://xcancel.com/marc_palasciano

Eaglo• 6 months ago

America isn't big enough for a huge number of immigrants from these other countries. I'm not opposed to foreigners, but we can't absorb the whole world population. Immigration also drives down wages...

alephnerd2• 6 months ago

Don't worry, we can leave [7] and take BigTech [0][1], Big Oil [2], and Wall Street [3][8] jobs with us.

Meanwhile, Trump has given Indian manufacturers very competitive trade terms [4] and is transferring semiconductor and REE IP to India [5][6].

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/alphabet-...

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-11/india-dra...

[2] https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/big-oil-is-offshorin...

[3] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-11/trump-vis...

[4] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/02/unit...

[5] https://x.com/USAmbIndia/status/2010718052992618815

[6] https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/india-can-rival-chin...

[7] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/us-loses-...

[8] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-11/trump-s-h...

SilverElfin2• 6 months ago

I see your profile says you work in VC. Is the investment world also expanding to India? If not is this offshoring really a threat to America? Seems like the Bay Area still has the strongest network effects, even if it doesn’t make sense. So it seems like newer innovation would still happen there.

Frisco residents divided over H-1B visas, 'Indian takeover' at council meeting

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