Posted on 06/22/2007 2:25:51 PM PDT by prophetic
US AMERICANS ARE EXPENSIVE. They eat more food, use more petrol and create more greenhouse gas than the rest of us. So when they go to work they need a hefty salary.
Not so Indians or Chinese, or Filipinos. Or Cubans or Iraqis come to that. You can get three or four of most of these for what you might have to pay an American. This is why tech firms are keen to ship workers into the States to get them to work for them, rather than some equally-qualified but expensive hamburger-muncher from down the road.
But immigration laws pertaining to the hiring of foreign workers in the States are tight. And firms have to prove that they can't find anyone in their back yard to do the jobs they need to fill, before casting their gaze abroad.
This is why U.S. firms hire consultants to publish classified job ads in local U.S. papers, with goal of not finding any applicants.
At least that's what a report on the Information Clearing House" alleges.
Here, you'll find a nice little video in which immigration attorneys from a firm, Cohen & Grigsby, explain how they help employers post job ads that no-one will apply for so that the firms can then use these in evidence when helping bring in workers from abroad.
"Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country each week," it claims
There is an embedded link which opens to a video where a bunch of lawyers are explaining how to screw the American Workers and NOT hire them.
are these same lawyers getting kickbacks from the ambulance chasers after the illegals sue over the dumbest things - and win?
Bump for later reading.
This isn’t about green cards, it is about H1B visas.
No d)...?
Watch the video, it says it all. F**king disgusting these people should be taken to tasks for crimes against the American worker.
Alright, I give up. If they want a visa they can have have one for free after the burdizzo tool procedure.
(1) No alien may be admitted or provided status as an H-1B nonimmigrant in an occupational classification unless the employer has filed with the Secretary of Labor an application stating the following:
(A) The employer --
(i) is offering and will offer during the period of authorized employment to aliens admitted or provided status as an H-1B nonimmigrant wages that are at least --
(I) the actual wage level paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications for the specific employment in question, or
(II) the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification in the area of employment,
whichever is greater, based on the best information available as of the time of filing the application,
IOW, the cheap labor argument is moot if the companies are abiding by the law.
When ever I would try to explain this to people, they would look at me like I had just told them that I believed that the Roswell aliens had escaped from Area-51, disguised themselves to look like Oswald and shot JFK to prevent earthlings from getting into space.
This is not at all surprising. The technical businesses are under great pressure to keep their costs down. The personnel of many technical firms is 90% green card. Some of these people have complained to me very bitterly about how much they resent their employers who pay them poorly - and they have to accept it because the employer must certify that they are needed so that they can retain their green card status.
At this link you will find letters dated yesterday written by Sen. Grassley and Rep. Lamar Smith. They sent one to the firm in question asking them to explain themselves; and one to our illustrious Sec. of Labor asking about her fraud monitoring practices. Someone may be in a little trouble.
This is nothing new. I worked at a state workforce center (unemployment & employment counseling office) from 1988 to 2000. Employers have always placed these job orders with the WFC and then cancelled them if we found a qualified U.S. citizen to fill the position. Sometimes they would word the job order in such a way that only one person in the entire world (the waiting foreign national) qualified.
An example from off the top of my head: Seeking Wu and Mandarin-speaking chef with 7-10 years experience in Chinese cuisine, must have been trained by Chef Ho in Peking and ability to use specialized equipment, etc..
This is the second source outside the Programmers Guild that has taken note of this. I’m very glad to see this get broader attention, and hope to see more articles about this from even more sources posted in the future.
This may well be the straw that breaks the camel's back and push away the hordes of illegals that are robbing American workers jobs!!
Some of us can get this over to Drudge & Bill O'Reilley and see what happens.
It well past time the American worker gets a break.
And the green card ain’t never been green.
Dear Secretary Chao:
Attached, please find a letter that we sent to Cohen & Grigsby about a seminar conducted by their law firm in May of this year. The firm videotaped the Seventh Annual Immigration Law Update Seminar, exposing the blatant disregard for American workers and deliberate attempt to bring in cheaper foreign workers through the H-1B program.
As outlined in our letter, we are concerned that companies are abusing the H-1B program. The video explicitly shows how attorneys are aiding companies in this effort. We seek your assistance in this particular case by reviewing the video and investigating the law firm’s unethical procedures and advice to clients.
In addition, we are concerned about the level of fraud monitoring of the H-1B visa program by your Department. Given that the immigration bill before the Senate includes a provision to allow your Department to divert special fraud monitoring funds to other operations, we would like to know how many dollars have been used specifically for H-1B fraud efforts. Specifically, we would like to know:
Annually, what is the total amount of funds deposited into the Fraud Fee account under INA Section 286(v)? Of this amount, what amount is provided to the Department of Homeland Security under 286(v)(2)(C)?
How have the funds provided pursuant to 286(v)(2)(C) been used in FY2005, FY2006, and thus far in FY2007? How many funds are not expended in a given year?
How does the Department plan to spend the remaining dollars left in FY2007?
How many complaints have been lodged to the Department of Labor regarding the H-1B visa program? Of these, how many investigations have been opened by the Department in the last year? How many have been closed and why have they been closed?
Please contact XXXXXXX with Senator Grassley=s staff or XXXXXXX with Congressman Smith if you have any questions regarding this matter. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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