Ted Cruz, the presidential candidate who wants to increase the H-1B cap by 500%

ComputerWorld ^ | 23 Mar 15 | Patrick Thibodeau

[xzins]

It's going to be hard for the Republicans to field a presidential candidate as enthusiastic about the H-1B visa as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Cruz, who announced his presidential bid this morning, once proposed an immediate increase in the base H-1B cap from 65,000 to 325,000. Cruz offered the H-1B increase as an amendment in 2013 to the Senate's comprehensive immigration bill.

Cruz's amendment was defeated by the Senate's Judiciary Committee, which approved an 180,000 H-1B cap increase in the comprehensive immigration bill. The House never acted on this legislation.

Cruz's H-1B amendment, however, proposed increasing H-1B fees from $1,500 to $2,500 for those with 25 employees or more. The money would be used to create block grants to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education.

During the Senate committee debate, Cruz said imposing restrictions on the visa was unnecessary, but said he would support restrictions if the Judiciary Committee – then debating the bill – would agree to his cap recommendation. Among the restrictions in the Senate bill was a provision aimed at large offshore outsourcing providers that limited their use of H-1B or L-1 visa workers to 50% of their workforce.

Cruz is part of large group of politicians who will not acknowledge the H-1B's visas use in offshore outsourcing or the reality of U.S. workers who are forced to train their visa-holding replacements. In defending this H-1B increase, Cruz cited a study by the American Enterprise Institute, which argued that visa workers create jobs. This organization primarily represents the views of large companies and asset management firms.

[5thGenTexan]

And so were all the things Trump said that were beaten down as old news, by you and many others.

Yes, it was recent. And yes, I will hold him to it. As a Cruz supporter, my lists of changed positions and position disagreements are short and manageable.

I do not think there is a perfect candidate at any level, local or national. I support the one I have the most in common with, policy and values wise. And then I press them on the ones I disagree with.

[pgkdan]

They come to our country and take American jobs even though we have huge numbers of workers trained in those areas.

Not only that but employers require American workers to train their replacements or give up any severance package they've been offered. It made big news when Disney did this but it's been going on for several years. It's a complete abuse of the system. These visas are only supposed to be issued to fill gaps where no qualified American can be hired to fill the job.

[Amntn]

So while Trump is good on these issues, I still lean Cruz as he has constitutional principles.
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What good are Ted’s constitutional principles going to be when he reverts to what he has always wanted?

This, his votes on TPA, and his vote on the Corker bill should prove to anyone with ears to hear and eyes to see that Ted is a globalist.

[5thGenTexan]

You speak with a significant air of authority as to the motives of someone you probably have never been in the same room with, wouldn’t you say?

[Amntn]

Suspend the issuance of all H-1B visas for 180 days
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In other words, until I am elected.

Ted’s history on this goes back to at least 2000 when he advised Bush to increase them.

[gunsequalfreedom]

A moral constitution does not literally translate to apply only to moral issues. It is having an internal guide on right and wrong, a point at which your moral constitution recognizes I do not compromise on this no matter the financial or political benefit to me. I hope that clarifies my point for you.

[gunsequalfreedom]

The 180 days is the time limit for the audit. The suspension is indefinite until it is determined to not impact employment for US citizens.

Thanks for the clarification. I may be blinded by a view that it should just be ended and nobody should have supported it to begin with.

[5thGenTexan]

So if your concern over position changes for moral constitution issues causes you to have issue with Cruz on H1-B visa numbers, does it cause you to have issue with Trump on abortion at all? How about socialized medicine?

[stratboy]

Did they interview his press spokesman Mark R Levin about this?

[5thGenTexan]

How the impact is determined is not clearly defined to my liking yet. We need to keep his feet to the fire one that piece.

[gunsequalfreedom]

The subject is H1B visas (and H2B visas).

[stratboy]

Until they come after your job

[xzins]

I speak as a voter who doesn’t trust politicians anymore.

I do NOT believe that Ted Cruz, 44 years old, a lawyer of the very first order, a graduate of the best law school in the nation, the student acclaimed by Prof. Dershowitz as off the charts brilliant, the clerk of Chief Justice Rehnquist, the victorious solicitor general of Texas —

I do NOT BELIEVE that with a Canadian birth certificate IN HAND, that this man said just MONTHS ago that he did not know that he had Canadian citizenship.

I knew it before he announced it by going on google for about an hour or two.

Do you believe with all those credentials and with a birth certificate and a Canadian father that he did NOT know?

Do you really believe that?

[stratboy]

Wow. What an intelligent retort!!! You sure are smart

[CA Conservative]

Why do you keep posting this drivel? That proposal was part of the bid to kill the Gang of 8 Bill. You Trumpkins keep saying we shouldn’t consider the statements and proposals Trump made even less than a year ago - only what he says now should be considered. But with Cruz, you ignore his recent positions and statements and even ignore what he and Sessions have said about the proposals made during the Gang of 8 bill, and try to make it sound as if this 3-year old amendment is his current position. Hypocrisy, thy name is xzins...

[AuntB]

“When he was working for Bush, he crafted the campaign’s immigration policy, which included a sped-up application process, a greater number of work visas, and a provision that allowed relatives of permanent residents to visit the United States. Now, Cruz seems categorically opposed to anything that smacks of comprehensive reform. Reinhard notes that this transformation is a little baffling to people who have followed his career over the years”

http://prospect.org/article/ted-cruz-immigration-shuffle

When Cruz announced for president, he had VERY little to say about immigration.

CRUZ Mar. 23, 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transcript-ted-cruzs-speech-at-liberty-university/2015/03/23/41c4011a-d168-11e4-a62f-ee745911a4ff_story.html

Instead of the lawlessness and the president’s unconstitutional executive amnesty, imagine a president that finally, finally, finally secures the borders.
(APPLAUSE)
And imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream

[AuntB]

Cheap foreign labor....Cruz wanted to increase the limit times FIVE

[Hoodat]

This was the bill that Ted Cruz voted against, right?

[Jim W N]

Not sure what you mean.

[AuntB]

“And Trump wants to let all the millions of ILLEGAL aliens back in through the beautiful door in the wonderful wall and he gets no mention. Bias? Seems so.
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NO! He will allow the ones who are vetted and can enter legally. Cruz never wanted to deport any of them!

“The amendment that I introduced removed the path to citizenship, but it did not change the underlying work permit from the Gang of Eight,” he said during a recent visit to El Paso. Mr. Cruz also noted that he had not called for deportation
‪http://www.nytimes.com/.../cruz-tries-to-claim-the-middle...‬;
Cruz wants FIVE times the high skilled visas and Double the rest of immigration! HIS WORDS!
‪http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa2FU69HSag‬;