I’d like to see them do away with the program. People say we don’t have high quality US workers, but that’s not the issue. Employers take advantage of lower wages and the fact that a H1B visa holder can’t change jobs if someone offers a high salary elsewhere.
I know one young man who’s looking for an engineering internship for the summer (he’s at GATech)...many programs are cancelling their summer internship programs because of the slowdown. My kid’s about to finish his master’s and jobs are few and far between (compared to last year this time)...so why not give jobs to US citizens.
>>>> I’d like to see them do away with the program. People say we don’t have high quality US workers, but that’s not the issue. <<<<<<
Microsoft is the biggest immigration lobbyist in Washington DC, and it is entirely for H1B labor, and that is a fact.
Check it out on www.opensecrets.org under “lobbyists.”
Back in the late 1980’s my summer internship as an EE at Westinghouse was cancelled for economic reasons. I found out two days before my final exams, at which point it was too late to get an internship with another company. I spent that summer waiting tables.