Posted on 12/02/2020 9:59:10 PM PST by xomething
Utah Senator Mike Lee succeeded in passing legislation in the Senate that would eliminate per-country-caps on recipients of H-1B visas on Wednesday, a policy change that would effectively monopolize the visa system for nationals of large countries such as India.
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act has been called the greatest corporate welfare program for Big Tech in recent memory. Lee has persistently sought to pass the corporate giveaway, with previous attempts to eliminate per-country-caps being blocked by Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Rick Scott. Neither Senator objected to the unanimous passage of the modified S386 legislation on Wednesday afternoon.
Big Tech monopolies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft have fervently lobbied in favor of eliminating per-country caps, seeking to replace their American workforces with de facto indentured workers who accept lower wages and worse working conditions. The pervasive use of the H-1B visa in the American technology industry has displaced countless American workers from their careers.
Lee’s giveaway doesn’t specifically raise annual H-1B visa rates, although an increase in numbers of visa workers would be a likely consequence of its enactment. It’s expected that the program will be dominated by Indian nationals in the event that Lee’s HR1044/S386 is signed into law, providing massive corporations with a considerable labor pool willing to work for less in return for an American visa.
The legislation was most recently updated with a provision blocking Chinese nationals from using the H-1B program. This provision appears to have been instrumental in securing its passage through the Senate.
U.S. Tech Workers @USTechWorkers Breaking: Sen. Mike...
The Big Tech giveaway will now proceed to President Donald Trump’s desk, having previously passed in the House of Representatives. It will fall upon President Trump to veto the visa worker corporate welfare in the interests of American tech workers.
Buggy whips.
As someone personally deeply and profoundly affected by the whole H1-B scam system, in multiple aspects, this is sickening beyond belief.
This drives wages down for ALL Americans in this field these BASTARDS make me sick!!! They want us to be concerned about these two senate seats in Georgia SCREW THEM!!
Most of these Indian H1B scumbags make between 17% (bachelors) and 34% (certificate/ diploma/associates) less than median industry wage. Level 3 (Masters of some sort) makes industry median wage and Level 4s (PhDs) make above industry median wage are very rare, per the USCIS database.
Getting Dalit recruiter emails offering $20 to $25 an hour for 5 to 6 years experience with no benefits and a 3 to 6 month contract at Microsoft. Minimum wage in King County is $16.39/ hr.
they all probably know that trump will take all of the heat for the veto.
clinton reversed on nafta and gatt in 1993, his first year of office.
h1b introduced in 1990, during ghwb presidency. it started to become a problem in silicon valley hi tech around then iirc.
clinton nearly doubled allowances in 1998 and again in 2000. things got correspondingly worse in silicon valley and (i imagine) in other hi tech centers around then.
Trump is the ONLY one that has the back of Americans such as myself.
Sessions did... and his replacement Tuberville was owned by India before he even took office. And Freepers attacked people like me when we brought up Tuberville’s pro-H1B and amnesty stance
"Got correspondingly worse" but not for the rich (political donors)- it got better for them, only American workers suffered.
Lets just say...Lee has never been a Republican. He gives a good fake act but he ought to identify himself as just a unity-party member. He won’t even represent his home-state.
I am over sixety, i have seen enough of the democrat nonesense in this country to say; the only way to solve pur troubles now is to rise up and throw off the bonds of totalitarian government, uniparty included. Overthrow all of them, we out number them. The time is now, empty the house, the senate, instal Trump as president, all voting by paper ballot only. Start at the federal level.
It’s reported that Mumbai Mike now wants to allow Indian H1Bs to work at all levels of the US Federal Government, reversing Trump’s ban.
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As expected, nonsensical replies from those Freepers who are anti-American worker.
BS .
The did not vote.
They hid .
None of these traitors want to be seen voting on this bill
By forcing a real vote .
These vile traitors will run away.
Tom ass wipe Cotton and Ted Goldman Cruz
showed their true colors .
Sessions was all talk and no real action .
He would of hid too and allowed it.
There was never a ban on H1Bs in the federal government.
Local, state, and federal agencies, all universities, and all non-profit research centers can hire as many H1Bs as they want.
They have NO quota. They are not even required to report how many they hire.
200,000 is the best estimate of how many have been hired.
That is 200,000 ABOVE the statutory quota of 510,000.
In addition, there are another 200,000 H1Bs off the books because they have formally applied and been sponsored for a Green Card.
They can work indefinitely in the USA until their Green Card application is adjudicated.
I forgot to mention the OPT work visa, which is a H1B for foreign students who just graduated from USA universities.
Trump increased OPT foreign workers from 125,000 under Obama to almost 225,000 today.
Trump has done nothing consequential to reduce the number of H1Bs, and Trump has almost doubled the number of OPTs.
What a slimy back-stabbing POS. I wonder who is lining his pockets.
Mumbai Mike LOL
Communist China purchasing U.S. farmland, U.S. agriculture flyover country next. Bought and paid for by Congress.
they need a bread basket to feed thier army
BELIEVE IT! and those cities destroyed by antifa and blm and the mass exodus will be on the real estate chopping block for pennies on the dollar for china
Mike needs to get a real job...either selling tires, or running some Indian casino.
Actually, there was no vote. No roll call.
Even more traitorous.
Republicans are called the Stupid Party for a reason.
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