Judge Rejects H-1B Visa Injunction

theodp writes "Judge Faith Hochberg has denied a preliminary injunction sought by the Programmers Guild to put a hold on a controversial 'emergency' rule change by the Department of Homeland Security to permit foreign students to work continuously in the US for two-and-a-half years after graduation without an H-1B visa. Hochberg indicated she failed to see how an increased labor supply could result in wage depression for engineers and computer workers. That seems disingenuous, since in Andaya v. Citizens Mortgage Corporation, Judge Hochberg recently saw first-hand how a US employer got away with paying an H-1B computer engineer as little as $15,000 to do a job with a 'prevailing wage rate' of $41,000. In that case, Hochberg ruled against Filipino H-1B visa holder Almira Andaya, arguing that 'nonpayment of wages as listed on the H-1B visa petition ... does not raise a substantial question of federal law.'"

Comments

Re:Protection of the tech jobs market

[EdZ]

Because, contrary to popular belief, it IS possible to fall somewhere between 'Pinko Commie' and 'Right-Wing Nutjob'.

Going to Bangalore

[wisty]

Seriously, 15k for skilled labor is crazy. If the US wants to offer wages like that, all the best workers will be going off to a first world country like India.

Re:Protection of the tech jobs market

[rve]

They took our jobs!!!

Everyone on the pile!

Re:USA is using slave labor again?

[The FNP]

Just remember the US employers are always trying to improve their Efficiency

--The FNP

Re:welcome to the country

[Anonymous Coward]

you'll program anything we want and you'll do it for almost free, in the jungle, welcome to the jungle!

However...

[DesScorp]

I'd mod parent down, but I'd rather explain why I disagree.

Good. Moderating a post down simply because you disagree with it is an abuse of the moderation system - you may notice that there are no "-1, Wrong" or "-1, I Disagree" options.

However, there is the nebulous "Overrated" which is basically used the same way. Overrated is generally used by Slashdot mods as the "your opinion sucks and I'm modding you down for it" option.