On the skilled side of immigration under the Senate Bill?
""According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over the next decade, 2 million jobs will be created in mathematics, engineering, computer science, and physical science. That equates to about 200,000 jobs a year times 10 equals 2 million jobs," said Sanders on the Senate floor in May. "Under this legislation, the number of H-1B visas would increase to as many as 180,000 a year. That means virtually every job, about 90 percent that will be created in the high-tech sector over the next 10 years, could conceivably be taken by a H-1B visa holder."
There is an amendment planned so that at least those companies with mass layoffs (50% of their workers) would have to cut foreign workers too, but does that go far enough?
I do believe in SOME relaxing of H1B (to 100,000 as a set cap) but this bill goes too far, to me. What do you think?
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Yes, I agree with you. I have been thinking the very same thing because as the facts stand, they are now targeting the technological sectors...which are the higher paying jobs in the USA...most likely these will be the next jobs that will be bringing the wages of the USA Citizens down.
Is this government TRYING to destroy the USA? It sure looks like it by they way they are acting and the bills that they are trying to pass!
Bennie Sanders, Claire McMcaskill of Missouri and Jeff Sessions were some of the few senators that spoke truth to power in the so called amnesty debate
Do you sometimes get the feeling that our government is telling us that we are not smart enough to fill high tech jobs? Or maybe we are not wanted in this area? Something is hinky here, I admit this is an area that I am not that familiar with, except for what was covered in economics and business law.
I know we must import some talent from other countries but we have a record number of students enrolled in math and science field courses of study now that the public knows of the demand in that industry. As soon as there is a demand for a certain sector of employment we see a surge in enrollment into that field of study... example: nursing, we have turned out record numbers of nurses once the public got word that we had deficiencies... Should high tech be any different?
Maybe I am wrong here but shouldn't we be trying to fill those jobs with citizens first instead of passing out visa's like dinner mints? Companies may not want this because importing is probably cheaper but have we lost all backbone to stand up to corporate America?
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