[dirtboy]

The point I am trying to make, poorly perhaps, is this is NOT what the president was saying. No part of the presidents answer was moving people into tech jobs.

See my reply in #318.

[thackney]

And I agree H1-B need to be reduced. It did start under Clinton (not intending subject change or blame, just time line) which was a short term expansion.

http://www.h1visajobs.com/news_reading_room/news/18Oct_lleras.htm

Representative Thomas Tancredo's newest bill, H.R. 2688, introduced on July 9, 2003, seeks to eliminate the H1B program.

http://www.usvisa.com/immigration_updates.htm

According to this article, H1-B visa are down.

http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,78095,00.html

And for more info:

http://www.h1b.info/

Sorry to those who see this as twisting the threads topic, but the author did that with the article in the first place.