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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of this is for cheap labor

aupairs are really just for cheap childcare, the whole idea of cultural exchange is nonsense. In fact, the immigrants here are the ones that exploit the aupairs the most (ironically).

H1B is nothing more than cheap IT labor. sorry the jig is up time to pay a fair wage.[/quote]

You realize that IT people make upward of 100k on average?

You also realize that while for some family it might not be about the cultural exchange, for APs it very much is the only way they can come live in the US for a year at almost no cost and is very much about the cultural exchange for them?

Host families will be able to afford other form of childcare, the only one who will lose out are all those people who will be denied the opportunity to come here and experience it.

If one wants to find cheap labor they can always find cheap labor, no need to join the AP program (not saying some families don't join it for financial reasons).

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During a pandemic, we don't want people moving around that much.  That's the whole point of the stay at home order.  We dont WANT people vacationing in Florida or New York, much less flying in from Thailand or Brazil.  Movement is the virus spreads.  The girls can come in 7 months when this expires.  7 months of waiting isn't a huge deal if the experience is that critical to them.

While I had great APs, it's hard to believe your version of the program where girls come here to experience an American family and wouid be content with severe limitations on travel, socializing, etc. On an average year over half of APs are in rematch.  That's a high attrition rate.  Also, they sued and got a huge settlement, and are still facing other legal challenges. It simply makes no sense to bring a young person all the way here to have a limited cultural exchange while she is covered under crappy, minimal insurance and the courts in the east coast are looking to shut the program down.  This pandemic may well be the fork in the program.  And at this point, I think few families will care that much.  [/quote]

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