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

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65. We are the only ones who can change it too!

I voted for Bill Clinton twice. While he was facing impeachment, I called my congressional representatives supporting Bill Clinton like so many other US STEM workers who were Democrats. Little did I know that he was betraying us as I was supporting him.

Unbeknownst to me Clinton was in the background working to triple the number of H1B visas, undermining US STEM workers. It is typical for Democratic politicians to deny understanding how the H1B visa has been so destructive to the lives of US STEM workers and their families. They pretend not to know.

Then,because of the release of relevant documentation during Elena Kagan's confirmation to the Supreme Court, we discovered that Bill Clinton knew in advance the destructive nature of this visa and went ahead with it anyway.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178806/_Elena_s_Inbox_details_H_1B_battle_in_Clinton_White_House?taxonomyId=70&pageNumber=1

The story reports:

Ron Hira, an assistant professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, said, "The H-1B program's significant vulnerability to abuse was well understood by the Clinton administration, and initially it was worried about it.

"In fact, the administration threatened to veto any cap increase unless it came with significant reforms that ensured that American workers weren't harmed by the H-1B program," said Hira. "But as we now know from these e-mails, the Clinton administration caved in to the special interests of industry, leaving American workers high and dry, and leaving the huge loopholes in the H-1B program in place."

Even in a climate in which the IT employment market was exploding and unemployment in general was low, Hira said, "the flaws in the H-1B program were front and center in [Clinton White House] thinking."