Breaking the Visa Backlog

bart_scriv writes "As anyone who has dealt with H1-B visas can attest, the process can be a nightmare of long lines, waits and inexplicable delays. In this interview, the State Department's Tony Edson discusses what's being done to speed up and expedite the process, ranging from procedural changes to the use of new technology."

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Re:It's supposed to be complicated

[Marxist Hacker 42]

We've been handing them out for decades, yet we seem to have near record low unemployment...

Only if you fail to include in the workforce all the people the BLS puts on "disability" to lower the unemployment numbers artificially.

Yet countries like France, which have very protectionist policies, seem to have a serious problem getting their young people into the workforce.

Actually, they don't have very good protectionist policies- they've got a huge influx of Islamic Africans and Arabs who serve the same purpose as our H* workers do here- a completely disaffected, disenfranchised workforce to keep the unemployment numbers high.

If we don't let US companies hire foreign workers in the US, the companies will move to a country where they can hire those workers.

If they're that unpatriotic- let them. But when they do, we should confiscate their assets here, and exile their C-level executives. Oh yeah- and that company should not be allowed to sell *anything* in the United States, nor provide any services. Cut such traitors off completely is what I say. Send them to India and let them try to get a job there.

Here's a pop quiz: Which company is likely to hire more US citizens, a company with offices in the US with a mixture of US and non-US employees, or a company with offices overseas?

In my experience, neither company will hire US citizens at all, because both are enemies of the United States- our competitors in the global marketplace, at war with us.

I suggest you weigh your ideas against some real life data and reconsider your position.

My actual position is this- other countries are our competitors in the global marketplace, and when a competitor threatens your market, you do whatever it takes to bring him down- including guns, bombs, and genocide.