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Response rates from 12.6k Oakland voters.

43%
Increase
39%
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40%
Increase
30%
Decrease
2%
Increase, our economy relies on businesses hiring the highest skilled workers at the lowest cost
5%
Decrease, and the government should provide more incentives to prepare our citizens for these jobs
5%
Decrease, companies are currently taking advantage of this program to decrease wages

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from Oakland voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @9FZLGDM from North Carolina  answered…1yr1Y

Increase for the economy’s sake, but penalize companies that abuse this program to reduce wages and provide more programs to prepare our own citizens to compete for these jobs.

 @587QZFYfrom Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Greed in America has college grads expecting wages that long time workers have...THERE is a thing about learning and starting at the bottom...and if companies can find foreign workers who appreciate what they are paid...that's ok...

 @3PMDT3Jfrom Tennessee  answered…4yrs4Y

the US is one of the hardest countries to get a skilled work visa, we want to be able to go overseas and work in other countries but we don't want to reciprocate. In the interest of cooperation, we should make it easier to get these visas, so that we can receive them ourselves if so desired.

 @chickentaco from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

Increase, but penalize companies taking advantage of this program to decrease wages. But only increase if we don't have enough skilled workers in the U.S. already.

 @3PLD6WQfrom Illinois  answered…4yrs4Y

Increase the amount. There are so many jobs that high-skilled immigrant workers do that U S citizens would never do even if it meant unemployment for them. Businesses should not take advantage of these high-skilled immigrant workers by paying them cheap wages. I believe they should earn a fair wage.

 @9SLDRDJ from North Carolina  answered…4mos4MO

Maintain the current amount for the economy’s sake, but penalize companies that abuse this program to reduce wages and working conditions and provide more incentives to help prepare our own citizens to compete for these jobs

 @9GN5KWP from North Carolina  answered…1yr1Y

Increase for the economy’s sake, but also penalize companies that abuse this program to reduce wages and increase efforts to prepare our own citizens to compete for such jobs