Posted on 04/17/2020 1:15:51 PM PDT by Kaslin
Chuck and Nasty will have a stroke.
These seem like easy low hanging fruit for the president, where am I going wrong?
The last sentence is correct - and rebuts the first two. H-1B was never really about "highly specialized jobs that couldn't be filled domestically" - that was just the con that the Uniparty was running. And depressing American wages with pseudo-qualified Third World serfs is not "abuse" but the way H-1B was built to work.
There was never a reason to import them in the first place other than to suppress wages in those fields. There are plenty of American workers for any IT field out there, they just won’t do it for $20K a year.
This is a damned disgrace - and allowing it to continue is a significant stain on our President's record.
Amen.
I have a bad feeling that keeping these bullshit programs going is one way we’re paying for HCQ.
> pseudo-qualified Third World serfs
Indeed. But they get back at management with zero transparency, zero perspective, and terrible communication.
Except the farm workers who have been coming back and forth for generations. All certified etc.
Cancel the H1B program and get real Americans back to work.
I say get the visa program back to it’s original intent. Highly skilled and some specific skilled foreign workers in jobs that can’t be filled by Americans. No loopholes and there should be no visas for semiskilled or unskilled workers.
That was never Congress' intent - that's just how they sold it to us.
All work visa holders are "certified" - and all are depressing American wages and taking American jobs.
Did anyone notice that at nearly full employment there were millions of unfilled jobs.
Most of those jobs were lower paying, entry level jobs.
There is a need for workers. Where are the going to come from?
Moveon.org (Lib site): To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Stop H1B Visa holders taking American IT jobs
Probably the same sponsor of whitehouse.gov petition: Stop H1B Visa program depriving highly qualified AMERICAN CITIZENS and professionals from IT jobs
‘Did anyone notice that at nearly full employment there were millions of unfilled jobs.’
“Yet it’s not clear that employers are trying very hard to fill all their open jobs. Online job boards and software that makes it easier to scan resumes for keywords also make it easier for employers to post openings and initially screen applications, even if they’re not actually prepared to hire.
“The surest sign that employers were scrambling for workers would be steady pay gains, as businesses bid higher for the workers they need. Yet wage increases remain sluggish, compared with previous periods when the unemployment rate was this low.”
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-u-s-now-has-more-open-jobs-than-job-seekers/
“Lib petition painting the issue as Republican caused...
Moveon.org (Lib site): To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Stop H1B Visa holders taking American IT jobs”
The White House and Senate are in Republican hands; if they don’t act to put this firmly in the House of Representatives’ lap, they’ll deserve any political consequences.
I thought pay has been rising for the last few years.
The big question is how the H-2A seasonal agricultural worker visa will be managed. If foreign labor will not be allowed in to pick our produce, we (consumers and producers) will be in a big hurt. It’s got me thinking about going back to gardening in a big way.
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