Posted on 07/23/2019 8:41:09 PM PDT by rintintin
Of all America's immigrant visa programs, arguably the most successful for the U.S. economy has been the H1B program. This program admits highly skilled foreigners who fill vital employment niches to make our made-in-America businesses more successful in international markets. Larry Kudlow, the director of President Donald Trump's National Economic Council, calls these immigrants the "brainiacs."
In many ways, he is right. America's high-tech companies use tens of thousands of these visas each year. The workers come for usually about six years; those who are successful here apply for permanent residence when the visa expires.
The firms that use these visas must affirm that they were not able to find comparably skilled American workers to do the jobs. There is little evidence that these foreign workers displace Americans from their jobs. Microsoft founder Bill Gates has testified that every H1B immigrant his firm recruits, translates into about five additional American workers being hired. If we want research labs, advanced manufacturing and scientific advances to happen here, we must have access to the world's best workers.
The problem is there is a severe shortage of these visas. In 2018 there were only about 65,000 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) immigrants admitted under this visa category. Employers have requested about 200,000, according to Forbes. This mismatch between demand and supply is restraining America's growth spree.
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“The firms that use these visas must affirm that they were not able to find comparably skilled American workers to do the jobs. “
What salaries are they offering? Are they not getting American applicants because they are offering low salaries?
“Larry Kudlow, the director of President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council, calls these immigrants the “brainiacs.””
So Americans aren’t bright, Larry?
This is Bush League Republican policy.
It’s the legal Cheap Labor Express.
...HELL NO!
That’s a good way to make believe we need to import.
Pay sucky wages that no one here will accept.
This is Bush League Republican policy.
Unfortunately, I’m not sure Trump hasn’t adopted it. He certainly seems to have some cheap labor types around him - like Kudlow.
No.
The USA needs a twenty year moratorium on all immigration. From everywhere.
Kudlow was an open borders supporter on his radio show.
Google just coughed up 11 million dollars because of a lawsuit that those 40 and old were getting passed over at hiring because of age.
Tired of this horsesh2t that there aren’t skilled brainiacs in America.
I'd prefer to see an immigration moratorium of at least fifty years. It will take that long to achieve the level of assimilation we need to save the country.
Even you take a pay cut of 50% you’ll night find many jobs. Discrimination is real
Larry Kudlow has always been an open borders jackass. I was surprised when Trump hired him.
Larry Kudlow has always been an open borders jackass. I was surprised when Trump hired him.
Brainiacs should stay in their own countries and try to make them less of a hellhole
Hell no! Hell no! Hell no! We all should say that until “they” hear us.
“Kudlow was an open borders supporter on his radio show.”
Yes. And you notice he stopped taking listeners’ phone calls? He got a lot of negative responses to his simplistic cheap labor open bordersism. He obviously couldn’t take it.
The H1-B program is 99.9% fraud and anyone pushing it is either stupid or evil or both. It’s pure wage destruction against the American middle class, with a side helping of adding new voters whose traditions are utterly hostile to Western ones.
NO!!! END H1B and use our own smart kids and adults. There is no shortage of people that H1B’s are replacing. This is just scam for cheap labor and to suppress wages of Americans.
I was surprised when Trump hired him.
I was disappointed. If the current bill expanding H1bs gets to Trump, and he signs it, he may well kill his reelection chances. I suspect a lot of MAGA people might figure what’s the use in voting.
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