[harpseal]

With 6.1% unemployment all H visas should be revoked period. All they do is dort the free market within the USA. H1B visas for IT have driven Americans out of the field. If a job can not be filled by an American or a legal immigrant when there is 6.1% unemployment then perhaps the company needs to change the wage it is offering or its training policies or maybe decide to get out of that business and sell off its assetts to someone who van manage it to make a profit while using Amwericans or legal immigrants.

[harpseal]

H1B visa ping

[Mihalis]

With 6.1% unemployment all H visas should be revoked period...

There are certain H categories where there are simply no qualified Americans. Revoking those will bring those industries to a stall. Example: Electric power system engineers. During the internet bubble most engineering students went to hi-tech related programs. Traditional power engineering programs were discontinued at most universities due to lack of applicants. The older professionals are now retiring, creating a very serious shortage, at a time when the power system infrastructure has lagged behind and needs extensive expansion.

[longtermmemmory]

The problem is limited H visa have produced the outsourced back office which is outside the USA. India for example, it the technical back office.

(s)We need manual labor robotics which are affordable. Thus there will be no need for migrant labor. Its 2003 where are the robots? (/s)