[meadsjn]

It is just a start, but this is good news for the US economy. Over $500 Billion per year is being paid to foreigners on work visas, subsidized by US taxpayers whose incomes have already been depressed by this moronic practice.

[veracious]

What a concept, American companies hiring Americans!

[tvdog12345]

Yep. Laid off? Go back to school and train for a new job. Then watch that job go to somebody from India, and work at Walmart.

[Cheetahcat]

Bank of America with the Loans and credit cards to Illegals who cares what happens to them.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The $787 billion stimulus package prevents financial institutions like Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) that receive TARP money from applying for H1-B visas for highly skilled immigrants if they have recently laid off U.S. workers, the paper reported.

Well...I'll be dipped. A bit of a silver lining that.

I'm flat-out amazed that this sort of language actually made it into the bill. Perhaps the Leftie Libs in congress will actually read these things more carefully in the future.

[dfwgator]

The $787 billion stimulus package prevents financial institutions like Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) that receive TARP money from applying for H1-B visas for highly skilled immigrants if they have recently laid off U.S. workers, the paper reported.

So what's to stop them from simply offshoring those jobs?