[WilliamofCarmichael]

Did someone say Wall Street Journal and STEM?

Though not illegal science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) visas show how to get around those pesky ethical bumps in the road.

Employer interests learned decades ago that raising a false claim of a "looming shortage" of technical professionals provides plausible political cover to political leaders who enact flawed legislation such as the 1976 "Eilberg Amendment" or the Immigration Act of 1990, which created the controversial H-1B Visa program in exchange for "campaign finance contributions" (ahem, bribes.) An excellent introduction to this political corruption is found by searching by title for the PDF version of the 2007 expose, "The Greedy Gates Immigration Gambit."

See The Greedy Gates Immigration Gambit "This article establishes that 'things of value' were provided by Microsoft Corporation in order to facilitate 'official acts'—changes beneficial to Microsoft in H-1B visa law in 1996, 1998, and 2000. Microsoft lawyer-lobbyist (and felon) Jack Abramoff played a critical role in conspiring with 10 members of his network and elected officials to expand the 'Abramoff visa' (the H-1B visa).

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I just heard Levin include H1-B when asking why violators are not deported — I don’t think it’s possible to violate H1-B (STEM) visas including visas associated with employment in academia.