Tech Industry Pushes to Amend Immigration Bill

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Source: New York Times

The technology industry got much of what it wanted in a bill that overhauls federal immigration law.

But in the give-and-take of political bargaining, the legislation emerged with some provisions the industry considers unappealing. Now its lobbyists are feverishly working to get rid of them.

Whether it gets its way could shape, in part, the fate of the overall package — and with it, the fate of millions of migrants to this country.

The industry achieved its main goals in the draft Senate bill: an easing of the green card process and an expansion of the number of skilled guest worker visas. That draft, though, includes language that it considers excessive regulatory oversight of when a company can hire a temporary foreign worker and lay off an existing American worker.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/technology/tech-industry-pushes-to-amend-immigration-bill.html?pagewanted=all

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"excessive regulatory oversight"? Oh BOO HOO. Either follow the law here or pack your bags.

UC Davis computer science prof Norman Matloff has this excellent webpage on H1-B's and outsourcing.

[msongs]

1. surely our american president will veto this stuff on behalf of american workers.... nt

[markiv]

5. no, he wont nt

[fasttense]

2. In one of the worst economic crashes anyone in their life times

have ever experienced and corporation don't want restrictions on when they can fire American workers and replace them with 'temporary' foreign workers.

"That draft, though, includes language that it considers excessive regulatory oversight of when a company can hire a temporary foreign worker and lay off an existing American worker."

Put another way, don't tell us we can't fire Americans and replace them with cheap labor from foreign countries.

[ChromeFoundry]

3. Who's going to turn out the lights

after this country and its infrastructure completely fails?

Since Corporate America is the only beneficiary to every government policy, they should be the only ones paying taxes; Yet they are the only ones receiving tax breaks and loopholes.

[OhioChick]

4. "hire a temporary foreign worker and lay off an existing American worker?"