Posted on 11/09/2002 9:31:25 AM PST by rs79bm
True, but it's also true for any attribute of government. We don't really need any restrictions on government power because the government is inherently virtuous and impossible to corrupt.
On a thread this past week relating to immigration issues, I had provided a link to a copy of the Department of Labor's LCA (Labor Condition Application) database. It holds all of the applications for alien work visas dating back to 1991.
I'll provide a link to it again for the purposes of this discussion;
Labor Condition Application Database
During the discussion on the thread in question, a poster had attempted to claim that he had found invalid data. He had noticed that there was a company that had 104 records with 30 workers on each. This resulted in a total of 3120 H1-B visas. The assertion was that this could not be possible and indicated faulty data, but upon much analysis and debate, it became apparent that not only was this possible, but that it was highly likely that it was in fact correct.
It became apparent that MANY foreign owned companies had filed multiple applications for visas using the same job title and start date. This was not what we saw in relation to US OWNED companies, but chiefly from FOREIGN owned companies. Now, to get back to the FIRST company we looked at.
The company describes themselves as having a software development center in India and in Austin, TX, with sales offices scattered throughout the United States. They mention that they have 300+ engineers between India and Austin, yet they applied for 3120 visas for "Programmer/Analysts" for ALL of their locations in the US, even though offices other than Austin were supposedly "sales" offices.
A link to that info is provided below..
Take A Stand: Vote against H1B, Boycott H1B Companies
It was later shown that there was ANOTHER Indian company with an even shadier pattern, and that although they were listed as a gift and advertising company, they were bringing people into the US as "Programmer/Analysts".
One would have to wonder what those "extra" visas might be utilized for. It might not be too hard for a terrorist to purchase a work visa on the blackmarket in order to enter the United States unnoticed and unchallenged. It boggles the mind as to the number of them that might already be here...
A GAO investigation has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in the immigration system, and has reported that it is RAMPANT and "out of control". Yet NO enforcement action apparently has been taken.
From Immigration fraud 'out of control' - General Accounting Office slams INS for rampant problems
"The General Accounting Office has concluded that immigration fraud is rampant, even helping to open the door for terrorism, and that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has no idea how to get it under control."
In the Goverment Executive Magazine article, INS, GAO say immigration benefit fraud is pervasive , it is said that;
"The agency does not know the extent of the fraud, and has failed to provide its field offices with guidance in two key areas: how to conduct investigations of fraud and how to use technology to manage and share information about ongoing cases, the January report said. The INS, which has four service centers and 33 district offices that process applications and petitions for benefits, also hasnt developed performance measures to use in offices responsible for investigating fraud, GAO said."
Now if WE can find a few questionable cases simply by looking at the LCA data and analyzing what we see here on Free Republic, I can't see why those whose job it is to look into these matters can't do a bit better.
I'd certainly say that there is NO reason WHATSOVER for the government to get expanded powers with the stated result of prying deeper into our personal lives if they can't manage and utilize the tools that they already have.
Yup. With Hillary pulling the levers we'd have nothing to worry about.
Ah, THAT Admiral Poindexter. I wonder how things are in Mena these days?
That is true. OTOH, if a system like this had been in place in the 60's Hillary might not be in a position to do any lever pulling.
They knew damned well who Hillary was and what she stood for. As Hugh Rodham's kid (and a big bitch on campus), she was obvious. It happened anyway, and let that be a lesson to you here.
You have a poor memory of the 60s. I remember well the FBI cameras taking pictures of protestors at the Novermber 7 Vietnam Day protest in San Francisco. I was one of the stupid kids in that crowd.
The only people that make me nervous are panty-waist cowards willing to give the government unlimited power so they can can feel safe.
Actually, this sort of initiative might be a good thing in the long run. Eventually it will be abused and people will fear it. People hate that which they fear. The monster we're creating for ourselves in the name of 3,000 dead New Yorkers (one of whom was a personal friend) should be hated and feared.
Right now it's being embraced by power/freedom grabbing bureaucrats encouraged by a spoiled, easily frightened populace.
That is the reality of open borders. Without screening who arrives in the U.S., the government must watch everyone. This is an entirely logical consequence of the government's foolishness with regard to immigration.
Those that give up liberty for percieved security deserve neither liberty or secutity. I see a dictatorship comming.
Actually, that sounds a lot like TIPS, which, regrettably, did come from the homeland security.
What's with these folks anyway? Did they think "1984" was a How-To manual?
You are gullible. This information will be used for anything and everything. Those that have power abuse it. Say something they don't like...Don't comply with something they want you to and bam... I guess you have forgotten about the attacks that were launched on anyone who was a threat to the Clinton's.
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