If Bush raises the H1B limit, he is done in November. Let's see if Rove is as dumb as I think he is.
they are trying to get clearances because they know its the only way to have any job security.
what they really want is no cap at all, no limit. it should be completely eliminated.
There are a million Americans that can do this work....
Right. Fixed so more foreign workers can be brought in - regardless of high unemployment in technical fields.
The software company where I work uses H-1B workers. Several rounds of layoffs in the last few years - but the H-1B workers are still there.
that happens where I am too. they say (privately of course) it is more "compassionate" to fire the Americans, because if they fire the H1Bs, they have to leave the country since their visa status is contingent on them having the job. It would be mean spirited to do this, so they fire the American instead.
Is this whole country turned upside down or what?
Just not at the cut rate that will make the profit margin big enough for bonuses and the investor who views the stock market as a lottery.
Don't forget the take of the Dept. of Labor, i.e. "We never said that Americans (taxpayers) had any preference on jobs".
Next you get a chance go into a local community college. You won't see that many americans.
From what I was able to pick up from one manager, they look use the H-1B visa program as a social program to show high nice America can be.
Maybe it is time to go to the office in DC and freep it. Here is a list of corporations who support this organization:
Active Matter Agilent Technologies Amaram Technology Corporation American Council on Education American Council on International Personnel
American Electronics Association Analog Devices, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc. AsiaStudios.com AssetPlanner Association of American Universities
Association of Independent Research Institutes Authentica, Inc. Authoria, Inc. Avicon Axiomatic Design Software, Inc. Back Bay Interactive Basis Technology Corporation
Baton Rouge International, Inc.
Best@IT Inc. Biotechnology Industry Organization BiT Group, Inc. Blue Fang Games, LLC Bluewater Information Convergence, Inc.
Bondi Software, Inc. BP Amoco Corporation Brandeis University BrassRing Systems Brooks Automation, Inc. California Institute of Technology Call Center Services, Inc.
Cambridge Publications, Inc. CapNet Cargill, Incorporated Caterpillar Inc. CD\Works Clarity Consulting, Inc. Clockwork Software Associates Corp. cMeRun Corp.
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources Columbia University CommercialWare, Inc. Compaq Computer Corporation
Compaque Business Solutions, Inc. Computer & Communications Industry Association Computing Technology Industry Association Concert Technologies Corp.
Cornell University Data Systems Analysts, Inc. Dataware Del Monte Fresh Produce Company Des Lauriers Municipal Solutions, Inc. The Digital Dialogue Forum
DSP Software Engineering, Inc. DuPont DYS Analytics, Inc. eComServer, Inc. EC Cubed, Inc. EDGE Technical Services, LLC e-Dialog, Inc. Electronic Industries Alliance
Electronic Services, Inc. Eli Lilly and Company Eliassen Group, Inc. Enron ESRI European-American Business Council FabCentric, Inc. Florida State University
Foliage Software Systems Free Software Foundation GeoTrust Incorporated Great Lakes Technologies Group Greensboro Day School Group Benefits Shoppers, Inc.
HandsFree Networks Harris Corporation Harte-Hanks Data Technologies Harvard Design & Mapping Hewlett-Packard HPC Technologies, Inc. IBM Corporation
i2 Technologies iGATE Capital IIC-Indotronix International Corporation Incentive Systems, Inc. InCert Software Corp. Indiana University
Information Technology Association of America Information Technology Industry Council Infovation, Inc. Intel International Technology Solutions, Inc. InterRide Company
The Johns Hopkins University Jordan Group, Inc. Kanbay Incorporated Keane, Inc. KLA-Tencor Companies LavaStorm, Inc. LPA Magic Hour Communications
Majesco Software Inc. Massachusetts Software & Internet Council MessageMachines, Inc. Microsoft Milestone Consulting Group Modalis Research Technologies, Inc.
Moldflow Corporation Motorola NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Association of Manufacturers National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
National Energy Programs Opportunity Development, Inc. National Retail Federation National Venture Capital Association Netegrity, Inc. Neteos, Inc. NetScout Systems, Inc.
Network Solutions, A VeriSign Company Nevo Technologies, Inc. New Era of Networks, Inc. (NEON) NorthPoint Software Ventures Inc. Northwestern Software, Inc.
Northwestern University The Ohio State University Oklahoma State University Optigrab Oracle Corporation OrderTrust, Inc. Owens-Illinois, Inc. PanAmSat
The Pennsylvania State University The PictureTel Corporation Pinnacle Software Solutions, Inc. PlanetSoft, Inc. Power Industries, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PrimeResponse, Inc. Primesoft Consulting, Inc. ProNetMusic, Inc. Purdue University Quadrant Software R Systems, Inc. Radnet, Inc. Redington Solutions USA, Inc.
Regal Computer Systems, Inc. Rockwell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey SAI Universal Business, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
Semiconductor Industry Association Silverline Technologies, Ltd. SmarterKids.com, Inc. Society for Human Resource Management SoftLinx, Inc.
Software & Information Industry Association SpeechWorks International Inc. SriMurthy.Com, Inc. Stanford University STMicroelectronics, Inc. Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group
StorageTek Sun Microsystems, Inc. Super Budget, Inc. Syncrhonics, Inc. Syracuse University TCG Software Services, Inc. Technology Workforce Coalition
Telecommunications Industry Association Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Texas Instruments Torrent Systems TRW Inc. Tufts University Tulane University Tvisions Inc.
Unisphere Solutions, Inc. The University of California University of Cincinnati University of Illinois University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota
University of Missouri-Columbia University of Southern California The University of Texas System University of Washington University of Wisconsin-Madison
University System of Maryland U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vanderbilt University VI Engineering, Inc. Virginia Tech VisaNow.com, Inc. Vitel Software, Inc. Vogt-NEM, Inc.
Washington University in St. Louis Western Michigan University Whirlpool Corporation WSSDesign Xilinx Xyvision Enterprise Solutions, Inc. Z-Firm, LLC Zoesis Studios
It seems pretty strange --- one minute they say they need countless people to move in who have no education at all --- to do those hard-work jobs that Americans won't do --- because Americans need high-skilled jobs. Now they need countless people to move in who have a lot of education --- because Americans are too stupid to do those jobs.
My sympathies to those Americans who have lost their jobs due to H-1B competition and outsourcing.
I know what you mean. Back in the 1970's they would go into the black communities and urge Blacks to go into Engineering and Science. Lots of success stories. There was a program where they would recruit people off the street and train them to be chemical technicians. SOme became chemists and some chemical engineers. Then the funding got cut in the mid 1970's. The program was lead by black Chemists from corporate america.
About 1981 alot of these programs to recurit minorities into Engineering and Science got halted bigtime.
The tech economy started picking back up bigtime in 1984/1985. Corporations lied about the lack of techincal people to get the visa's bill passed, then bingo they came over hear by the boatloads.
The bottom line is for some reason the powers that be want to help foreigners more than help people who are already here. They want everybody to work at slave labor wages.
I don't know if white collar workers will organize and protest. But back in the early 1900's things got pretty violent in the coal mines of West Virginia between miners and management. The net impact was that coal miners ended up getting better wages and benifts. But in the long run many of the mines got shutdown. Coal mining is down overseas and now the US imports lots of coal.
They fail to mention that one of the requirements for the H1 category is that they must be payed the prevailing wage and employment of a foreign worker does not harm conditions for US workers.
So......are any of you US workers being harmed ?