Ted Cruz Wants Minimum H-1B Wage of $110,000 (computerworld.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 11, 2015 @08:11AM from the mo'-money-mo'-workers dept.

dcblogs writes: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, has morphed from a vocal supporter of the H-1B program to a leading critic of it. He has done so in a new H-1B reform bill (PDF) that sets a minimum wage of $110,000 for H-1B workers. By raising the cost of temporary visa workers, Cruz is hoping to discourage their use. Cruz also wants to eliminate Optional Practical Training Program (OPT). The co-sponsor of this bill, The American Jobs First Act of 2015, is U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who called the OPT program "a backdoor method for replacing American workers."

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Another dumbfuck politician. by jcr · 2015-12-11 08:55 · Score: 0, Troll

I'm sick to death of these assholes who believe they can "run the economy". NOBODY knows enough to produce better results than free trade.
-jcr

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The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Re:Cruz can't be trusted by Anonymous Coward · 2015-12-11 08:59 · Score: 0, Troll

"Sometimes things change."
Yes, but not politicians.