The worst H1-b visa story I've heard so far...

[clayton72]

3. H1-B is a complicated issue

Let me bullet point this...
1) Racism is wrong. It's hard to talk about this issue without some expression of racism coming up and it makes me sick.
2) We want all able bodied US born citizens having well paying jobs.
3) We want as many jobs being done in the US, not outsourced to foreign countries.
4) We want the world's best and brightest to come work for us and not compete against us in the global market place. The H1-B program is a secret weapon in world competitiveness.
5) Once we have the best and brightest here, we want to keep them here so the knowledge and industry stays here. We need immigration reform now that will keep the talent and jobs here.
6) There aren't enough qualified people in the US without the H1-B program and it's beats the hell out of having those jobs get outsourced due to that lack. We need to increase education funding and encourage our young people to study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). We need to encourage our best and brightest to excel regardless of gender, color, or origin.

There will come a day, and it won't be long, when shipping costs will become prohibitive to outsourcing and reduce global trade. We need to get the talent and resources in our borders, permanently, before the music stops. We need to be greedy when it comes to genius.

Parting thought: We'd never have made it to the moon if we hadn't siphoned off Europe's talent following WWII.