Comment #3475

2013-05-20T00:16:54Z

Here's an article that agrees with you about a need for highly skilled foreign workers—but which also points out that that's not what most of the H1-B visas are being used for; instead, they are being used specifically to move American jobs overseas. And that certainly lines up with our experience in the IT industry.

When most people think of slave labor in relation to immigration, they think about the stranglehold employers have on illegal immigrants. But high tech employers also get away with treating their non-citizen employees very badly, even if they are here legally.

Comment #3474

2013-05-19T22:28:29Z

I'm not as convinced as you seem to be that there are enough qualified Americans to do the jobs requiring high levels of scientific/technical training. Most of the recent hires in math at SUNY Oswego have been foreigners not because we could pay them less (SUNY is unionized - that isn't an issue) but because they were just better qualified. If you look at the students gathered in the science buildings at Oswego, a large percentage are foreign. If you go to communications or el.ed., you'll find all Americans. Not because those subjects lead to jobs that pay more, but because they are much easier majors. Our Asian students on the whole work lot harder than the American students. And that's not just true at Oswego, it's nationwide.

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