[TexasGunLover]

FINALLY

[JohnGalt]

Note: Tired and poor still welcome. Great Benefits.

[oceanview]

did we win this one? or am I mis-reading the article? I feel so beaten up on this issue, I can't differentiate reality from fantasy anymore...

[.cnI redruM]

A smart move. If people want to come here for work, they should come here to become US citizens. Now the problem will be preventing all of these high-tech companies from putting their work requirements into a zip file and emailing them to foreign countries.

Short of exempting email from First Amendment protections, I see no way of preventing this so-called 'outsourcing'.

[nutmeg]

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[JustAnAmerican]

"Employers, especially technology companies, argue the move will hurt them and the economy.

Tell these anti-American employers to shove it where the sun don't shine. Start hiring Americans you (expletive removed)'s, instead of trying to tell Americans they don't have the qualifications so you can hire some foreign POS at 1/3 the pay scale.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy said: "Given the weakness of our current economy, and the rising unemployment we have experienced under President Bush's stewardship, many who supported the increase in 2000 now believe that 65,000 visas are sufficient."

And the Dims still find a way to both dig Bush, and claim credit. Amazing...

[snippy_about_it]

This is such good news it's difficult to believe. Now let's cut it down to a big fat ZERO.

[dfwgator]

All this will do is even further accelerate moving more jobs offshore.

[swarthyguy]

What a red herring! The barn door is flapping in the wind.

Meanwhile, L1 Visa holders, unknown to most, make hay.

[Tank-FL]

It is about time.............................................................................................

[montag813]

"The pressure to change the limit will build up again when the economy picks up."

Congress should pass a law saying that H1-B's must be paid identically with American citizens of equal skill grades. That would really throw water on companies now clamoring for more visas. All they want to do is undermine American workers' wages. IF they want to do that, then outsource. Otherwise we should tax their ass.

[riri]

Well, I am sure planning departments will be busy in the coming months putting together numbers for moving departments overseas.

[upchuck]

Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy said: "Given the weakness of our current economy, and the rising unemployment we have experienced under President Bush's stewardship, many who supported the increase in 2000 now believe that 65,000 visas are sufficient."

Translation: "I am a RAT and I will never, ever pass up an opportunity to bash President Bush."

We all know there is little President Bush can do directly to influence the unemployment rate. But, hey, let's not get bogged down in the details. He's the Pres and it's all his fault!! LOL

[kesg]

Someone explain to me why losing the freedom to hire a highly skilled immigrant who wants to come here legally and work for me on mutually acceptable terms is somehow in my rational self-interest. It isn't. To the contrary, it is yet one more example of government (even a government presently controlled by Republicans) moving one methodical step at a time towards more socialism and less capitalism and freedom.

[HamiltonJay]

The rise in 2000 was hogwash and 65k was always TOO HIGH.. H1B program should not be, and should never have been more than 10-15k at the very most.

I am glad that congress is acting 3 years too late to undo partially a nearly decade long wrong.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

So let me get this straight.

A company that would employ such foreign workers in the U.S. will now just move to India or wherever. Since they can't get enough skilled U.S. workers (so they say), they will move their operations to a foreign country where wages are much lower and the workers will pay no U.S. taxes.

Yep, a win for the American worker and the U.S. tax base!

[yonif]

Unless Congress acts by the end of this month -- and there is little sign it will do so -- the change will automatically take effect on Oct. 1.

Let's see what happens. This is not set in stone. However, this is a good move that will help Americans get jobs.

[Swanks]

There's only one thing of higher value these thieves in Congress value more than lining their pockets with lobbying dollars. And thats keeping their sorry a**es in Congress.

On occassion the two are at odds and this is one of those times. They're all for sending more jobs overseas but this time they know it will cost their own.

[Wheee The People]

But Patrick Duffy, Human Resources Attorney for Intel Corporation, said finding the best-educated engineering talent from around the world was critical to his company's future. "We expect that we will continue to sponsor H-1B employees in the future for the simple reason that we cannot find enough U.S. workers with the advanced education, skills, and expertise we need," he said.

Balderdash...High Tech firms, with full cooperation from both political parties, are blowing smoke up the rear of every high tech worker.