[Peace will be here soon]

Paying down the deficit by selling off American jobs. Makes sense to me..........

I hope the House kills this, its insane.

[endthematrix]

One way to undercut outsourcing.

Makes sence to me...BLECH!

[HiTech RedNeck]

They gotta look for Americans first... just about as hard as folks on unemployment insurance have to look for jobs, that is. Totally pro forma. In this era of telecommuting and worldwide corporate networks, it's also much easier to fill jobs with people living overseas without even touching the H-1B pool. It's difficult to believe that in a land of hundreds of millions of people, nobody is there who would not gladly and competently do what each H-1B is doing and even for the same pay.

[Altair333]

I don't like this either, but at least these people are educated and intelligent. Better than illiterate illegal aliens from Latin America.

[dagnabbit]

Only hope is the House. Amnesty Jorge will sign it in a heartbeat.

[hyperdba]

I am not really sure what the fuss is all about ? The U.S is a nation built on immigrants and that's what makes it the greatest. Immigrants by nature are hard working and have a great enterpenreal spirit and the U.S has always been a magnet for those 'cream of the crop' people. Imagine if the early settlers in America refused to allow entry to any new ships that come to the new world lest they rob them from their 'jobs'.
U.S Labor laws require an employer to attest through a long a tedious process that no American is available and willing to take a job.
You can't force a hiring pattern on businesses through protectionism. This will lead to more and more of unregulated of-shoring which is a true black hole for the U.S economy. An immigrant is part of the 'system'. He pays taxes, contributes to Social Security funds, and is U.S consumer meaning that he contributes to creating new jobs. An off-shored resource is direct subtraction from U.S economy. The salary goes to another country, no taxes get collected, and the consumer buys his goods from a shop in Bangalore instead of shop in downtown L.A.