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30. I think it's right on the mark as well

Reply to pa28 (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 12:48 PM

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Obama using immigration reform as umbrella to eliminate your skilled job via H-1Bs [View all] brentspeak Jul 2014 OP

It seems that there has been no administration in my life time that has responded amandabeech Jul 2014 #1

The vast majority of undocumented immigrants upaloopa Jul 2014 #40

My experience is very different from yours. amandabeech Jul 2014 #47

Sorry I don't believe you. You give no facts upaloopa Jul 2014 #48

I prefer to hide my community's identity when I discuss this issue with amandabeech Jul 2014 #49

It was a Poison Pill the GOP pushed for FreakinDJ Jul 2014 #2

No, it was a poison pill both the GOP AND Obama pushed for brentspeak Jul 2014 #3

Which Republicans backed this? alp227 Jul 2014 #42

how is H1 visa bad but other immigration good? Travis_0004 Jul 2014 #4

I don't think immigration reform is quite the winner we think it is for the Democratic party. NOVA_Dem Jul 2014 #5

Undocumented immigrants don't compete for union jobs. upaloopa Jul 2014 #44

That shit might work on Republicans so take that elsewhere. Take your straw-man someplace else. NOVA_Dem Jul 2014 #50

No that's just getting out of the 1950s treestar Jul 2014 #6

this smells like an attempt to muddy the president's immigration efforts bigtree Jul 2014 #7

Kindly stuff your manufactured outrage brentspeak Jul 2014 #8

stuff your obvious bigotry bigtree Jul 2014 #9

"You're a bigot": The usual last refuge brentspeak Jul 2014 #10

wives shouldn't be allowed work visas bigtree Jul 2014 #13

I thought all those displaced American female programmers brentspeak Jul 2014 #15

I don't think they're just using the issue of H-1Bs as a wedge against immigration reform efforts bigtree Jul 2014 #16

Yes, I should instead be rah-rahing the administration's efforts brentspeak Jul 2014 #17

...^ that 840high Jul 2014 #38

What is your solution to the problem of the disappearance of well paying jobs pnwmom Jul 2014 #18

He doesn't have one - just the GOP position of giving away what last few good American jobs are left FreakinDJ Jul 2014 #32

Wrong - it increased H1B visas 400% FreakinDJ Jul 2014 #29

Thanks, I stand corrected brentspeak Jul 2014 #31

New H2B visas to take away construction jobs too FreakinDJ Jul 2014 #33

I am beginning to think it's no use. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #52

Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #11

"Your loss is some socially-liberal but middle-class-destroying millionaire's gain." pa28 Jul 2014 #12

complaining because the president is offering the spouses of workers a chance to get jobs is bigotry bigtree Jul 2014 #14

The spouses should be able to get jobs on the same basis the original worker does. pnwmom Jul 2014 #19

that concern makes sense bigtree Jul 2014 #21

I don't understand the need for all those other restrictions -- having a bank account, for example, pnwmom Jul 2014 #25

it has to do with the government's requirement for documentation bigtree Jul 2014 #28

Those sound like obstacles that could and should be removed, pnwmom Jul 2014 #34

I think it's right on the mark as well Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #30

Don't you have something better to do? chowder66 Jul 2014 #20

Unrec. FSogol Jul 2014 #22

Some assumptions here whatthehey Jul 2014 #23

"Workers of the WORLD Unite!" Is still a damned good idea. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #24

+1 leftstreet Jul 2014 #26

What a bunch of crap Stargazer99 Jul 2014 #27

Your familiar negative posts about Obama and those nasty democrats. The record never changes. Pisces Jul 2014 #35

straight to trash this thread rbrnmw Jul 2014 #36

Yep, that's why I'm not a supporter of the Democrats current immigration reform Larkspur Jul 2014 #37

Sorry. 840high Jul 2014 #39

"I see this reform package as a way to help Wall Street increase it's ability to screw American..." OhioChick Jul 2014 #41

So all of these women and children seeking refuge on the border is just a Skidmore Jul 2014 #43

say it ain't so! Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #45

Why are all the silicon valley billionaires pushing for reform? AngryAmish Jul 2014 #46

That law is of the 1950s treestar Jul 2014 #51

K&R. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #53