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So, the L-1 visa is a great way to train the foreign worker so that the job can then be offshored to that visa worker's home country.
As much as I would like to believe that offshoring will fail in the long run, I think that these U.S. Corporations will still find it cost effective for them. Of course, the negative ramifications for American and Americans are not the concern of these U.S. Corporations.
I posted this yesterday afternoon on another thread. Steve Farrell of NewsMax.com has an interesting reminder of the Boston Tea Party and how it applies today:
"Freedom, lest we forget, includes the liberty to say no to enemies, or to say yes to measures which would protect our liberty and our self sufficiency. If you are dependent on another, and that person hates you and is fixed in his determination to destroy you, how then are you free?"
http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=2000/4/11/095631

So, the L-1 visa is a great way to train the foreign worker so that the job can then be offshored to that visa worker's home country.

You got it. I was given an article from an Indian newspaper by a co-worker that made exactly that point. The political move to crack down on visas isn't saving American jobs so much as forcing them offshore entirely.

Of course, that's a short term thing, and I think cracking down on visas is essential right now.

As much as I would like to believe that offshoring will fail in the long run, I think that these U.S. Corporations will still find it cost effective for them.

Some of them will. Others are going to have a rude awakening. I'm watching the management in my company offshore jobs that will cause a tremendous quality and adaptability loss. And this is not a calculated risk on their part. They don't understand the work well enough to see it. That sort of thing is not likely to go well in the long run.

But you're also right. Some of this offshoring will probably work just fine. I still put great faith in the ability of American IT workers to win through competition. We just have to get our government to stop tying our hands behind our back.