Issa Bill Would Kill A Big H-1B Loophole (computerworld.com)

ErichTheRed writes: This isn't perfect, but it is the first attempt I've seen at removing the "body shop" loophole in the H-1B visa system. A bill has been introduced in Congress that would raise the minimum wage for an H-1B holder from $60K to $100K, and place limits on the body shop companies that employ mostly H-1B holders in a pass-through arrangement. Whether it's enough to stop the direct replacement of workers, or whether it will just accelerate offshoring, remains to be seen. But, I think removing the most blatant and most abused loopholes in the rules is a good start. "The high-skilled visa program is critical to ensuring American companies can attract and retain the world's best talent," said Issa in a statement. "Unfortunately, in recent years, this important program has become abused and exploited as a loophole for companies to replace American workers with cheaper labor from overseas."

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Re:as someone who is suffering from this...

[Anonymous Coward]

A group of people work their asses off to raise the standard of living for the next generation, to give their kids a better life where they won't have to work themselves to death just to put food on the table.

Then you come along and tell everyone they have to throw all that work away, because another country didn't bother to do the same thing and now wants a piece of the pie here. Lowest common denominator. As long as someone out there is living in a shithole, nobody else is permitted to have a higher standard of living without lowering themselves to shithole conditions, right?

Fuck you, pal. FUCK. YOU.