Sessions Unveils Massive Numerical Impact Of Senate Immigration Bill

Sessions' website ^ | May 15, 2006 | Unknown

[Pelham]

Right now there are 300 million people in America.

And exactly half that number when the immigration bill of 1965 opened the floodgates.

[reelfoot]

Jeff Sessions BUMP.

[VOA]

"Sessions Unveils Massive Numerical Impact Of Senate Immigration Bill"

"TIP OF THE ICEBERG"
should be the headline concerning any amnesty "guest voter" program...
But then, the MSM does not report the news.

[freepatriot32]

ping

[Cacique]

You don't understand, the decision has already been made. Oh there are a few senators who are bucking the plan. But the elites want this so bad they are salivating. They will get it. If not this year, next year. How many times have we been screwed by "our" senators. Remember campaign finance reform? The base didn't want it. They rammed it down our throats anyway. They think they know better. Fortunately I already speak Spanish. My problem is that I may have to learn Arabic.

[Myrddin]

Why would anyone spend $40,000 to get a computer science or electrical engineering degree in the U.S. when the job market will be flooded with as many foreigners as want to come? You'll never earn enough to repay your student loans. That is a key reason I decided against going to medical school. I saw the writing on the wall with medical malpractice suits and high insurance rates. A doctor has more than double the costs to get the education, then faces extraordinary costs of doing business because of unscrupulous lawyers, insurance companies and government mandated free services to people who can't pay.

My son did the right thing by ditching his interest in aerospace and going for a business degree. He has 15 days of class left before completing his business degree. His real estate business is going great.

[rmlew]

Tom Coburn has shown remarkable firmness in the past. He will probably fillibuster.

[WOSG]

"WOSG is right. I'm here on an H1B and am in the process of getting permanent residency. The current immigration bill won't have an effect on me except to slow down processing times because of all the illegals flooding the system for amnesty.

That being said, my salary as a research scientist is about 35% above the prevailing wage as given by the Dept of Labor. Almost all of the PhD's I know working in the U.S. under the H1B program are paid much higher than the prevailing wage and, at these high wages, thre is still trouble finding Americans. And I've seen the same 3% unemployment figures in my field, too.

I cannot speak for waht is commonly called the "High Tech Sector" but that sounds like a horse of a different color compared to research and industrial opportunities in the hard sciences and engineering."

Thanks for your supportive comments.
I threw 'high-tech' as a general term to cover Silicon Valley-type IT,computer, semiconductors, internet, but specifically, in my field, I'm a Comp. Sci. PhD and work in semiconductor industry. on the team working for me, 6 out of 9 employees are immigrants.

[doc30]

Fortunately, we have very good code enforcement in my town in Florida. But I understand your point.

[WOSG]

"Why would anyone spend $40,000 to get a computer science or electrical engineering degree in the U.S. when the job market will be flooded with as many foreigners as want to come? You'll never earn enough to repay your student loans."

Because you can make $70,000 annually or more within a few years of graduation., and average salaries for engineers is toppoing $95,000 ...

"Today, many designers, managers and entrepreneurs have vaulted past $100,000, helping to pull the mean salary for the EE Times "2004 Worldwide Salary & Opinion Survey" to $96,400.

But it's not just CEOs and engineering vice presidents who have crashed the six-figure barrier. Among the respondents in the 2004 survey, 1,201 holding staff-level positions — senior engineers, project engineers and even some design engineers — are now in the $100,000+ category."

http://www.eet.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=30900112


"My son did the right thing by ditching his interest in aerospace and going for a business degree. He has 15 days of class left before completing his business degree. His real estate business is going great."

Great, but he could also do very well in aerospace if he's got the brains and passion for it, and it's got attractions beyond a salary.

[Havoc]

Sorry, this is making my blood boil!

[Pelham]

You're fortunate. In some of our neighborhoods, and even small cities in part of LA County, code enforcement is but a dim memory of a distant past.

It is criminal what happens to elderly people who get trapped in situations like this. The grafitti, the overcrowding, the loud music, the noise at all hours, petty thefts, auto accidents. Sometimes assaults because they are 'gringos, and therefore deserve it'. This will be coming soon to the neighborhood of a lot of Americans who won't know what hit them. Put an end to it now, or you will never again get the chance. Southern California is likely unsalvageable. Don't let it happen to you.

[dljordan]

"The Wall Street Journal, long ago, said the goal of the corporate world was a population of 1 BILLION people in the United States."

It will be a hellhole. What would be the profit in that.

[A. Pole]

It will be a hellhole. What would be the profit in that.

Hellhole for the peons. A "good" life for the oligarchy.

[Myrddin]

I don't usually respond to those salary surveys. I make my living in CS/EE and crossed the $100K point 10 years ago.

I think my son found his real niche in the business world. At 23 he runs two real estate corporations and has 5 top producing salesmen. He will probably break the $100K level this year or next. It took me almost 20 years to do that. I'm around $135k now. Going beyond that will require running my own business instead of being a senior employee.

[Criminal Number 18F]

[Citizens] can bring in their parents, their adult siblings and the spouses and children of their adult siblings.

In the Senate bill, non-citizens -- the illegals that the Senate, and Bush, intend to give amnesty to -- get this same "right." Usually these family members are dependent on public assistance.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[WOSG]

You got me there ... running your own business is definitely the way to do it, if you have the knack.

I think it is completely approriate to debunk the lie that engineering and science is a bad career choice, when the future for that is brighter than ever, imho.

Everything but creative thinking can be automated.

[hedgetrimmer]

They don't care if its a hellhole for us. Its a numbers game. China has 1 billion people, India as 1 billion people, they think the US needs a billion to remain an interesting market.

[del4hope]

good read. Senator Sessions....doing the counting most congresscritters won't do.


mmmmm....a new tagline has been born!

[Myrddin]

I'm happy with CS/EE work. I have endless opportunities to apply my existing skills and a continuous need to update to stay ahead of new technology. My project is slowly recruiting quality young staff members (after grinding through the security clearance process). The old hands on the project want to be sure that the knowledge is conveyed to the younger generation. The best and brightest in the organization are age 50+. Many are contemplating retirement. I turn 50 this year. The project looks viable for another 15 years.