[avacado]

This is a touchy subject for me as I have a BSc in Computer Science and my Congressman and Senators know that I will not vote for them if they raise the cap.

With that said, I had worked at a Fortune 500 company and many of us were laid off while the H1-Bs remained. Nuff said.

[Lion in Winter]

I have relatives who went into or back into the military after they were laid off in favor of H1-Bs.... they were in engineering or computer sciences.

All have served now in Iraq, Korea and Afganistan.. and temporaily, in NEW ORLEANS!!!

Funny, thing there are NO H1-Bs in the military.... guess ONLY Americans can carry that HEAVY LOAD!!

[SJackson]

This is a touchy subject for me as I have a BSc in Computer Science and my Congressman and Senators know that I will not vote for them if they raise the cap...With that said, I had worked at a Fortune 500 company and many of us were laid off while the H1-Bs remained. Nuff said.

In a similar vein, the Wall St Journal ran an interesting article (didn't post it, pay site) on the CPA shortage that's developed over the past few years. Among the points, some usage was being made of CPAs from India, particularly outsourcing, but more importantly the number of college accounting majors has tripled over the last 5 years. The market will solve the shortage. But only if allowed to. Another problem with H1-Bs which the article allude to is that if generously available, they essentially define compensation in a particular industry to entry level status.

[NormsRevenge]

I had worked at a Fortune 500 company and many of us were laid off while the H1-Bs remained.

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Been there, done that.

we were told it was part of a business unit re-alignment.



Hope you're doing OK now.