The H1B issue: Yes, American workers, YOU DO QUALIFY FOR THAT JOB.

[Dr Gene Nelson]

12. Work Visa Programs Like H-1B Target Experienced Americans

Jack Abramoff and his team earned lots of money working for Microsoft to help pass 3 "Microsoft friendly" changes to H-1B Visa law between 1995-2000. (Of course Microsoft's spending about $100 million for political purposes during the same interval was another significan factor.) You may view some important lobbying disclosure documents - that are available no where else - by reading the 110 page legal filing http://tinyurl.com/koyqg2 (Exhibit 40) in the case USA v Abramoff.

You may be surprised to learn that an original member of "Team Abramoff" is STILL working for Microsoft to expand the H-1B Visa program. His name is Michael J. Smith and he has been promoted to a VP level at Cornerstone Government Affairs. Michael was terminated from Greenberg - Traurig for ethical lapses.

The B-1 program is as rife with loopholes and corruption as the controversial H-1B Visa program.

As an example, using Google to search for the phrase ""B-1 in lieu of H-1B" yields about 20,600 results on 10 August 2012. Many of the results are immigration attorneys advocating for expansion of this practice. The trade association ofr immigration attorneys, the American Immigration Attorneys Association (AILA) advocates for this program. The result of this fraud is to increase the unemployment of experienced American citizen IT professionals for the economic benefit of elites in both the U.S. and India.

The sums involved are enormous. For details, please search for by title the PDF version of the 2012 report, " How Record Immigration Levels Robbed American High-Tech Workers of $10 Trillion." There have been over 37 million visa admissions in just 5 high-skill work visa programs (The purpose of the B-1 Visa is not supposed to be as a work visa) between FY 1975-2010. Think of the millions of American families that have been harmed by this unprecedented level of immigration. In many cases, the American is forced to train their imported replacement as a condition of receiving their meager outplacement benefit.

Americans may use the no-cost tools at organizations such as NumbersUSA.com, CAPS.org, and FAIRUS.org to press our political leaders to end the corruption and put Americans back to work.