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April 2004: Workers asked to train foreign replacements

March 2009: The Debate Over H-1B Visa Numbers "......To be sure, nearly all players in the global economy have grappled with the question of how open borders should be. In Europe, several countries with steep unemployment rates are paying migrants to return home.

The U.S. government's attitude marks a stark turnaround. During the boom years, Congress actually raised the number of H-1B visas, reserved for highly skilled immigrants. Now, some economists have suggested that allowing more foreigners into the U.S. -- say, an immigrant who buys a house in exchange for a green card -- would actually help jump-start the economy.

But a public beleaguered by lost jobs seems loath to embrace such an idea. The federal economic-stimulus package restricts H-1B hires among companies that receive funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. They must prove they have tried to recruit American workers at prevailing wages and that foreigners aren't replacing U.S. citizens."

9 posted on 05/20/2015 1:32:57 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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“Now, some economists have suggested that allowing more foreigners into the U.S. — say, an immigrant who buys a house in exchange for a green card — would actually help jump-start the economy.”

How? The immigrants are just buying the foreclosed homes of the former American workers...


20 posted on 05/20/2015 3:23:36 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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