US Won't Say How Many H-1B Workers Are Female (computerworld.com)

dcblogs quotes a report from Computerworld: When the U.S. begins accepting applications for new H-1B skilled-worker visas today, we can be certain that tech workers from India will make up a large portion of the requests. While program data shows which job categories, countries and companies are awarded the most visas, the federal government says it is not tracking applicants' gender -- although the question is asked on the visa application form. The U.S. begins accepting H-1B visa applications on April 1 for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not release the gender data. It has rejected a Senate request for the information, as well as public records requests from the IEEE-USA and Computerworld. The Anita Borg Institute, which advocates for women in technology, believes "it would be very helpful to have better data on the gender diversity of H-1B visa recipients," said Telle Whitney, the president and CEO of the institute. "Our anecdotal experience is that most H-1B visa recipients are men and that this can have a negative impact on increasing the participation of women in the technical workforce," she said.

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Finally, SJW's might do some good

[elrous0]

They might accidentally do a good thing here.

Re:Finally, SJW's might do some good

[SeaFox]

I'd like to see which they pick to hire if we restrict them to a choice between an Indian female and an American male.

Re:Finally, SJW's might do some good

[elrous0]

If you really want to make SJW heads explode, force them to choose between Indian females and American black males. They'll have to break out an oppression/victimhood chart and do some algebra on that one.

Re:Finally, SJW's might do some good

[david_thornley]

We're talking about H-1Bs here. If there's a qualified American candidate, there is no justification for the H-1B. If the company is cheating, they'll take the Indian. I don't see that gender is going to matter here.

They're gathering the information, so I don't see why they can't tell us. I'm not particularly interested, but I like data the US government has to be publicly available if possible.

Re:Finally, SJW's might do some good

[Narcocide]

The problem is that they're all cheating as a matter of course, or at least such a large majority of them that there's little effective difference one way or another.

And its hardly the only thing they all cheat on either; You'd be shocked if you realized just how many IT companies never, as a rule, pay their employees overtime, and how few IT workers realize they're actually entitled to it, despite their employers' claims that the employment contract they signed supersedes state law.

Classic ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Always funny when feminists go off track and bark at their masters. We get "diversity" forced down our throats by the same people who fight to keep their important Indians male.

"Gender data is a curious omission considering U.S. government initiatives such as TechWomen, which is aimed at supporting "women in leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East"."

You'd almost think policy was carefully designed to attack white men rather than help women.

Re:Classic ...

[fche]

... and we were breathlessly waiting for your sneering analysis of same.

Sanders and Rubio on H1B

[Okian Warrior]

Just to keep people informed, note that Bernie Sanders and Marco Rubio voted to increase H1B visas last round (2013).

Ted Cruz voted against, and (of course) neither Clinton nor Trump could vote.

Here's a quote from [Facebook VP] Joel Kaplan:

"This is a big step forward for jobs, innovation, and the American economy," Facebook's vice president of U.S. policy Joel Kaplan said in a statement e-mailed to CNET. "We've been talking with members for months about what the technology industry needs to remain competitive and this bill shows that they listened and they get it."

Re:Sanders and Rubio on H1B

[elrous0]

I believe Clinton has already said she would support more H1B's. Only Trump and Sanders have even criticized the program.

http://www.computerworld.com/a...

Re:Sanders and Rubio on H1B

[srichard25]

"Business success requires a skilled workforce, not uneducated unready workers"

I can tell you haven't worked with many H1B visas.

Microaggressive

[110010001000]

More worrying is how many of these H1b people exhibit microaggressive behavior? We need to screen them so we can create inclusive safe spaces for our tech workers.

Not really a SWJ

[rsilvergun]

but I've got a solution for both. We could (and I'm just floating ideas here) not screw over either demographic. I know it's crazy to think like that. Perhaps I've already said too much.

I can tell you haven't either

[rsilvergun]

they're very, very good at the specific task they're brought in for. That's the point. You don't have to train people. You don't have to worry about their long term well being. The come in ready to go for that one specific thing you need done, do it, and leave. No training costs. No retraining costs. No muss, no fuss. That's what makes them so desirable. You get specialty labor of the sort contractors used to charge $500/hr for at less than 1/20th the price. Lowering American tech Wages overall is just icing on the cake...

Here comes everybody

[hidflect]

Since Hillary has taken nearly $3Million in, ahem, donations from Tata and Infosys you can be sure there'll be plenty of new data available as the foreign workers pour in.

Source: http://articles.latimes.com/20...

Snip:

Clinton is successfully wooing wealthy Indian Americans, many of them business leaders with close ties to their native country and an interest in protecting outsourcing laws and expanding access to worker visas. Her campaign has held three fundraisers in the Indian American community recently, one of which raised close to $3 million, its sponsor told an Indian news organization.