Former NM Gov. Bill Richardson on Immigration

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1. The H1B visa is being used to import REPLACEMENT workers.

My comments:

I am NOT a Tea Party person. I am a LIFELONG Democrat. I am a US STEM worker. I personally know disenfranchised US STEM workers who have lost their jobs to cheap, entry level, third world workers, primarily from India and Communist China.

Governor Richardson is passing along the corporate narrative.

The fact of the matter is that the H1B visa is not being used to import "highly skilled" workers; the H1B visa is being used to import REPLACEMENT workers. US STEM workers are often training their replacements.

The GAO completed a report for Congress in 2011 and concluded that only 6% of H1B visa recipients are "Fully Competent." In fact the GAO concluded that a staggering 54% of the H1B visas are granted to "Entry Level" workers.

The fact is that corporate America is training these H1B workers. Instead of training immigrant workers, corporations could be training US workers, young and old. Young college grads could be trained, and experienced workers could have their skills updated.

Governor Richardson should be ashamed of himself for betraying US STEM workers.