Republicans favor hike in H-1B and H-2A visas

[Peter1x9]

http://in.rediff.com/money/2004/aug/31visa.htm

Aziz Haniffa in New York | August 31, 2004 09:05 IST

The Republican Party has said that the education reforms it has proposed in the United States will "over time, greatly increase the number of highly qualified workers in all sectors of the American economy," but "to meet immediate needs, we support increasing the number of H-1B visas to ensure high-tech workers in specialised positions."

The platform also said that Republicans would work to expand the H-2A programme for the temporary agricultural workers 'so important to the nation's farms.'


I'd sure like one of those tech jobs that are going to imported workers. I'll finish the incomplete quote in this story: "To meet immediate needs, we support increasing the number of H-1B visas to ensure high-tech workers in specialised positions"...that are willing to work for next to nothing.
Damn traitor CEOs, shareholders, and Indian job thieves. And to top it all off they are going to undercut already low farm wages. How much more must the average american suffer?
I might as well line the parrot cage with my now worthless degree. And my relatives are completely clueless. They don't understand why I can't get a computer job. They think i'm 'not trying hard enough to get a job' and i'm 'lazy'.
Back in january I interviewed with a big tech company in Chicago for an entry level position. I had already passed their online tests. During the interview I made sure to point out my 4.0 GPA from college. After that it took them a month to tell me they were no longer interested. And I found out a month ago that the same company was laying off lots of Americans.

Even if Kerry wins in November, does anyone here really think that our representatives will do anything to stop the offshoring and H-1Bs? Does anyone here really think that our representatives even care about anyone they represent anymore (besides the people that throw money at them)?

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Always at the expense of the little guy, always.

[PatriotGames]

2. I believe Kerry will try to do something.

[elehhhhna]

4. That program is like indentured servitude. Employers LOVE it!

[MUSTANG_2004]

6. I doubt he will

But he can't be worse than Bush. When Bush was asked about high tech jobs going overseas his response was that US workers not keeping up with technology was an issue in this country that we needed to address. It would have been nice if Bush had at least acknowledged that it was cost, not quality, that is the incentive for going overseas.

[denverbill]

3. This should be one of the top issues of 2004.

Unfortunately, between Vietnam and wedge issues, the really important stuff gets shoved aside.

[PatriotGames]

5. No doubt! n/t