Posted on 03/29/2017 6:50:29 PM PDT by Theoria
President vowed changes to the high-skilled-worker program
President Donald Trump ran for office promising changes to the H-1B visa program, which brings high-skilled foreign workers to the U.S. But come Monday, the government opens another round of applications using rules that have long been in place.
Demand for the program badly outstrips the supply so, as in past years, the government will use a lottery to decide which companies get them. The visas are coveted by tech firms, who have unsuccessfully lobbied Congress to increase the cap, which is set at 85,000. The new visas become available each year in early April.
Large outsourcing firms typically scoop up a substantial share of the visas, and they have drawn scrutiny for importing foreign workers, particularly in cases where they are hired to do work once performed by Americans. Smaller firms that request just a few visas have said they have a hard time planning because of uncertainty about whether they will win any.
Changing that distribution would require a time-consuming rewrite of regulations governing the program, experts said. Given that no action was launched right away, the new administration has been expected to maintain existing rules for this year.
“There was a window in which the White House could have made serious reforms,” said Russ Harrison, director of government relations for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA, a professional society that lobbies for changes in the program. “For whatever reason, they decided not to take it.”
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Correct and well said
Correct and well said
But obviously changes have to be effected by a certain time to take effect in a given year.
That’s what they apparently weren’t ready for and didn’t do.
Still, I am guessing the liberal Democrat Ivanka and Jared administration will be negotiating “comprehensive immigration reform” (Little Marco, where is that Gang of Eight bill you had?) before too long, and any H-1B changes (increases?) will be part of that.
Engineering school grads could get jobs as computer programmers if they wanted them. And engineering undergrads are among the highest paid out of school.
There aren’t enough engineering professorships at prestigious schools to satisfy all those who pursue a PhD with that in mind.
Fhere is no shortage. None. 94 million out of work. Some of them trained their replacements.
There is no shortage of skilled tech workers. There is a shortage of skilled tech workers willing to work for minimum wage.
My brother-in-law's daughter is graduating with a basic 4-year degree in June and ALREADY has a 6-figure job lined up with Cisco. Her brother graduated 2 years ago and snapped up a 6-figure job with Google immediately.
It doesn't sound to me like they're passing over Americans to get foreign minimum wage workers.
Sure. Because STEM degrees are effortlessly attained; no work ethic necessary. /sarc
There is no shortage of tech workers.
And a nation is not a business or market place. It’s a family.
Sad to see globalists are still infesting the conservative movement with their failure to grasp what a nation is.
Liar.
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