On Apr 3, 8:21 am, BearItAll <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > Rush for H-1B visas under way
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> > | "Without an increase in the number of H-1B visa and green cards issued
> > | each year, our nation loses the opportunity to benefit from the
> > | contributions of highly educated and skilled workers from around
> > | the world," Jack Krumholz, Microsoft's top lobbyist, said at the
> > | time. "American businesses and society in general will be worse
> > | off due to Congress' lack of action on this issue."
> > |
> > | [...]
> > |
> > | In April 2005, and again last month, Gates said that any H-1B
> > | limits should be completely eliminated. Groups like the
> > | Information Technology Industry Council, whose member companies
> > | include Apple, Dell, Cisco Systems, IBM, Intel and Microsoft,
> > | have called for substantially higher limits.
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> http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6172629.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-...
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> Is there anything stopping these people from being employed in their own
> country? We are in the age of communications, I work with German's in
> Germany, Irishmen in Ireland, American's in America and an Australian in
> France (he moved there, it's not my fault).
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> I don't see any reason to import people these days, unless it's to the
> advantage of the person being imported.
I'll play the Morning Star's advocate here, and say that there are a
few reasons : tax revenue, and keeping busniesses and jobs in America
are at the top of that list. With an aging population, it is to our
advantage to import young, educated, and hard working people.
However, I understand the concerns, and offer a slightly different
solution : If the companies need these people, and they are so
talented and rare, why not just make the citizens or permanent
residents from the beginning ? The H1-B people are often paid less
than market wages, and the employee is always under the threat of
being "sent back". The competition for the H1-B's (by employers) is so
great that the entire yearly quota is used up very quick, best
measured in days or hours instead of months. With this level of
competition, the desirability must be high. So, add strings and
increase the number. Remove the threat the H1-B gives the employer and
see if they are being honest about the need for the skills, or they
are just using the H1-B to keep wages down.
Dean G.
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