The H-1B Visa program has been around for decades, it's what tech companies use and abuse to hire foreign nationals at lower wages to replace American workers.
The H-1B program was designed as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act enacted in 1968. However, changes to the act by Obama in 2014 literally doubled the employment priority capacity of the immigrants.
The immigration changes would allow the spouses of certain H-1B visa holders to work in the United States, if the holders are in the process of applying for permanent residence.
While Sangeeta Gupta, senior vice president of the National Association for Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), says the changes would benefit both India and the U.S., the changes were not, however, welcomed by all. Though the fact that they will allow spouses to contribute to the local economy is considered a boon by supporters like Gupta. But that’s exactly what opponents take exception to. Charles Grassley, a Republican senator from Iowa, told the New York Times that Obama’s administration announcement demonstrated a “lack of compassion and understanding” for unemployed Americans by expanding work benefits to immigrants.
It’s a blight on an economy that they Obama administration has been trying to destroy since his first actions as president in 2008.
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