Only the most blithering race bigot or America-Hating Liberal Globalist thinks we need any foreign workers
Complaining about H-1B workers is racist and hateful.
When Patriot Law is declared (shortly perhaps) any immigration whether legal or not will be outlawed and any managers employing illegals could be hanged as an example to others. But illegal immigration and the H1B issue are only a few of the flawed cogs in the gears that run the USA these days. Patriot Law is going to have to deal with quite a few issues in short order.
An individual trained in engineering or comp sci can readily update to any new tech concepts or programming advances. It isn’t difficult for an intelligent, well-educated individual in these fields. I can speak directly to the use of H1B’s as cheap labor. A recent employer of mine (not a company but a state gov’t) hired individuals with visa challenges that US citizens don’t have—the pay rate was about 40% less than the going rate across the US for comparable positions and institutions. There was no overt advertising for such individuals but the pay and the situation would result in such candidates. The result was a department staffed with people from all over the planet and a few old-timers from the local area. Performance among the foreign hires was a mess. A few US citizens were hired but they either left quickly or were awful performers, too.
It is about the money. Good performers cost money—but they are well worth it. As far as gov’t goes, it is the gov’t’s responsibility to encourage economic opportunity for the citizenry. This gov’t works against that responsibility and that is arguably the worst thing a gov’t can do in peace time.
When big corporations have drained America dry to fatten their bottom line, what do they expect to do next?
This stunt by the ham-fisted nitwit is likely to backfire and strengthen calls for immigration enforcement and make any amnesty bill unpalatable even for Democrats.
Another Billionaire Marxist pushing my wages down in a field I've been unable to get a job in since the last lay off.
I don't care how much money he has, I do mind that he lies to legislators to personally benefit himself at my expense.
“The argument has long been that there aren’t enough qualified American workers to fill certain jobs, especially in science, engineering and technology.”
That is a lie.
The H1-B program should be eliminated.
Its simple, an H1B worker has to do what the company wants or they go home. Of course they will work longer and for less. Its indentured servitude. Now compete with that.
If there was a shortage of high skilled tech workers there would be wage pressure in these areas. There isn’t any, wage growth is weak or zero.
H1-B has got to go. The Silicon Valley is now entirely an Indian-Chinese encampment, with Indian-Chinese political and human values, to boot.
How H1-B Works.
An American citizen makes $100,000 writing JAVA code for a company, call it A. An Indian contract programming company, call it B, offers to replace that American for $45/hour. The company, A, does not have to contribute FICA, FUTA, SUTA or any benefits so they see it as a win win.
Indian company, B, brings an Indian over and pays him $10/hour and houses him with 6 other Indians in a cheap apartment. The Indian programmer accepts this form of indentured servitude because he wants his green card.
If the Indian contracting company, B, pulls the Indians H1-B sponsorship, he must leave the country immediately. He has to remain on that same H1-B visa for 3 to 5 years before he can get his green card. If he leaves and has to get a new H1-B, the clock on his 3 to 5 years resets to zero. Thus they will never leave and never say a word.
This is slavery people, and it is keeping Americans from getting jobs. Also, the company that brings a H1-B in must prove that there are no Americans available for the work at the prevailing wage. This is never enforced.
There are many companies, here in America where H1-B programmers make up the majority and English speaking Americans are the minority.
The problem is NOT the educated, legal foreign workers, the real problem is the hordes of uneducated, diseased, illegals coming across the border, whom our tax dollars are supporting.
This is just more diversionary tactics, riling up people against the relatively small number of H1B visa recipients, who have to jump through hoops, work, pay taxes, go through background checks, etc — to divert our attention from the indiscriminate mob coming across our borders.
We should keep our eyes on the ball.
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Holy cow ...I had no idea this was going on.
Right now, there are huge departments of the US government, such as the GSA and FDIC, that has outsourced government contract jobs to H1-B Indian workers. Pathetic.
If I had my way, H1-B would be illegal.