Posted on 01/05/2017 1:07:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A bill backing key changes in the H1-B programme that allows skilled workers from countries like India to fill high-tech jobs in the US has been re-introduced in the US Congress by two lawmakers who claim that it will help crack down on the work visa abuse.
The ‘Protect and Grow American Jobs Act’ makes important changes to the eligibility requirements for H1-B Visa exemptions was re-introduced on Wednesday by Republican Darrell Issa and Scott Peters—both from California. The bill among other things increase the minimum salary of H-1B visa to $100,000 per annum and eliminate the masters degree exemption.
The legislation, they argued, will help crack down on abuse and ensure that these jobs remain available for the best and brightest talent from around the world. The bill comes after a number of companies—Disney, SoCal Edison and others—have come under fire for abusing the H1B Visa programme to replace American workers with foreign workers.
“In order for America to lead again, we need to ensure we can retain the world’s best and brightest talent. At the same time, we also need to make sure programs are not abused to allow companies to outsource and hire cheap foreign labor from abroad to replace American workers,” Issa said. “The legislation we’re introducing today does both. It will ensure that our valuable high-skilled immigration spots are used by companies when the positions cannot be filled by the existing workforce,” Issa said.
By raising the salary to a level more in-line with the average American salary for these positions, it would help cut down on abuse by removing the profit incentive and ensuring these positions remain available for companies who truly need them, a media release said....
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That's a lazy, ignorant comment.
Sorry to burst your bubble about college students, but there's a lot of them that should not be in college or in the major they are in. They've been pushed there by guidance counselors and parents and run through a K-12 educational system. That system has left them so ill-prepared that depending on the state, around 25-30% of them have to take remedial reading and math courses so they can continue on at a college level.
So when in college you studied what exactly?
“Any worker who doesn’t have the power to defend themselves against abuse shouldn’t be getting the H1-B anyway.”
If HR has the option to hire an H1B employee and treat them like garbage... then HR decides they can treat every employee like garbage.
You have FReepmail.
And I was wrong to write that your comments were ignorant.
np
The problem is H1B visas is their improper use. Put a floor on the salary. Market rate plus 15%. Then see how many companies hire them. Also make it retroactive and include not only Techs but administrative people. Dis-incentive the program unless you really need it.
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