the real "they're taking our jobs" story for this election year should be this
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. American corporations are under new scrutiny from federal lawmakers after well-publicized episodes in which the companies laid off American workers and gave the jobs to foreigners on temporary visas.
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Ive been laid off before, I can understand that, (one former Abbott manager) said. But these visas were meant to fill in gaps for resources that are hard to find. This time the company actually asked me to transfer my knowledge to somebody else. That changes the equation.
According to federal rules, temporary visas known as H-1Bs are for foreigners with a body of specialized knowledge not readily available in the labor market. The visas should be granted only when they will not undercut the wages or adversely affect the working conditions of Americans.
But in the past five years, through loopholes in the rules, tens of thousands of American workers have been replaced by foreigners on H-1B and other temporary visas, according to Prof. Hal Salzman, a labor force expert at Rutgers University.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/us/laid-off-americans-required-to-zip-lips-on-way-out-grow-bolder.html
I'm really puzzled about how Trump and his fellow racists have managed to utterly demonize people escaping from horrific poverty and violence in Central America while almost completely ignoring the issue of American workers being made to transfer their knowledge and experience (which did not come easily or cheaply) to foreign workers whose main advantage isn't specialized knowledge but simply the fact that they can be paid less.
How did the H-1B program get corrupted to this extent? It's a kick in the face to the middle class.