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New Senate Bill Would Give US Grads Preference In Receiving H-1B Visas (computerworld.com)
dcblogs quotes a report from Computerworld: A new bill in Congress would give foreign students who graduate from U.S. schools priority in getting an H-1B visa. The legislation also "explicitly prohibits" the replacement of American workers by visa holders. This bill, the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, was announced Thursday by its co-sponsors, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), longtime allies on H-1B reform. Grassley is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which gives this bill an immediate big leg up in the legislative process. This legislation would end the annual random distribution, via a lottery, of H-1B visas, and replace it with a system to give priority to certain types of students. Foreign nationals in the best position to get one of the 85,000 H-1B visas issued annually will have earned an advanced degree from a U.S. school, have a well-paying job offer, and have preferred skills. The specific skills weren't identified, but will likely be STEM-related. "Congress created these programs to complement America's high-skilled workforce, not replace it," said Grassley, in a statement. "Unfortunately, some companies are trying to exploit the programs by cutting American workers for cheaper labor."
Regardless of what you think about him, we should thank President Trump for again making it acceptable to put America and Americans first when it comes to policy decisions.
For too long now political correctness, forced on the nation and its people by leftists, has prevented American interests from coming first and foremost.
Thank you, President Trump, for taking away the stigma that leftists have associated with putting America first.
Although this reform isn't as good as completely eliminating these awful visas, it's clearly better than leaving the system as it is. But even this degree of reform would have been unthinkable without President Trump making Americans realize that they don't have to hurt themselves just to benefit foreigners.
The H-!B program prohibited the replacement of American workers before, but ways were found to get around it. This bill is really saying the same thing with the addition of foreign students getting preference for them? Maybe I'm being a negative nellie here but it seems that this bill doesn't do anything extra than the original bill did except give domestic STEM workers more competition to get into good schools due to an influx of students looking for the H-1B ride.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
Wouldn't it be better to give job priorities to U.S. citizens who qualify for the jobs?
Not students. People who graduated from a US University. For instance someone who came to grad school (or undergrad) and just graduated and is looking for a job.
Since the bill supposedly "explicitly prohibits the replacement of American workers by visa holders" this would presumably not be necessary. If Americans are able and willing to do the job, companies shouldn't even be allowed to hire H1B visa holders. Of course, that has never stopped companies from finding a million loopholes and tricks to get around this in the past.
It all comes down to how strictly and consistently the law is actually enforced. Send a few execs to prison for trying to cheat the system and the rest would quickly fall in line. But, campaign promises aside, the odds of THAT happening are slim to none.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
I don't think it was political correctness that led to the H1B issue. I think it was probably corporate/rich person greed.
The sad thing is that patriotism and nationalism have become dirty words on the left. It's even worse in Europe, though. Members of the "Britain First" movement are being arrested and persecuted pretty heavily. Shit, you can get into serious trouble there just for selling stuff with the British flag on it. Such is the insane world we live in.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Why not give them a green card? If you give them H1Bs they are still slaves and will still be paid less than American workers. This isn't an improvement, it's window dressing. It won't change anything except increase the competition/corruption to get into US schools.
Four steps would do much to clean up the problems:
1) Raise the salary floor to $100k from the current $60k
2) Force employers to pay a 10% tax on that salary
3) Create a bidding structure based on the minimum guaranteed salary those employees are willing to pay those H1B employees. Currently there is a lottery for employers to get these slots. That should stop. If an employer is willing to guaranteed a $200k salary then they go ahead of the bottom feeders only willing to pay $100k in the order of allocations
3) End jobbing out these employees in body shops.
We are only supposed to be bringing in the most needed skills and those with the highest demand skills would be paid the highest (or at least according to knee jerk capitalist dogma). I would expect this to bring in a lot more cardiac surgeons and a lot fewer share point admins.
Patriotism has never been a dirty word. Misuse of the words "patriot" and "patriotism", though, has stained the words to the point where they're immediately associated with something being covered up (see: USA PATRIOT Act).
Nationalism, though, has been a dirty word since the '40s when nationalism's big brother "Fascism" became a bit of an issue for people living in the countries immediately adjacent.
And the world's not insane. It's just that people disagree. It has always been that way and it will always be that way. If you want it to feel less "insane" spend some time understanding why people make the decisions they do. Once you understand, they're not so much "crazy" as they are in different circumstances.
"Disagreeing" is one thing. Imprisoning your opposition, threatening them with violence, getting them fired from their jobs, banning them from speaking engagements, harassing them, calling them racists and sexists, etc.--well that's something else entirely. The left stopped merely "disagreeing" some time ago.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
That's ridiculous. People in other countries get college for free or at a much lower cost than they do in the US. That's a pretty freaking huge advantage to have when you can afford to work for much less than what the natives are working for.
Also, this kind of arrogant attitude is why the US is going down the crapper. Are, you really, sure that you're wiling to put up with the crap that the visa holders put up with to get and keep those jobs? Sure, on paper, they're probably being paid well and treated well, but they're in a much worse position when it comes to agreeing to take on extra work and they don't have the option of changing jobs the way that a citizen would or even somebody with a green card.
Bottom line here is that if you think you're able to compete with them, you're probably wrong. Or, you've got no other job prospects and an ego that can't comprehend the fact that just working harder isn't always the solution to every problem.
You are either young, unexperienced or just delusional. When companies decide to switch some or 100% of their IT workforce to H1Bs, it's usually decided by the CEO and other execs/MBAs who:
a. Do not know about your "mad coding skillz"
b. Do not understand how "good" you think you are
c. Do not give a shit about your existence
d. Are only concerned about the $$$ (your_pay - h1b_pay)
You think all the guys who got canned at Disney are dumber than your holiness?
Finally, good luck with your "mad skillz" when applying for a job when your resume is thrown in the Recycle Bin simply because you are NOT an H1B.
This is not a question of disagreement. It's a question of utter dishonesty on your part.
Members of the "Britain First" movement are being arrested and persecuted
He was arrested for breaching his bail conditions. that's not persecution by any measure.
Shit, you can get into serious trouble there just for selling stuff with the British flag on it
Saying "serious trouble" strongly implies trouble with the authorities. No such thing happened. A few people let him know their dumbass opinions in person and on face book. OH NOES EVERY RIGHTWING NUTJOB PANIC!!
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Describing something or someone as racist or sexist is an entirely legitimate criticism if true. Complaining that people are calling out your racism/sexism is just an attempt to silence critics and an attempt to use social pressure to stifle free speech.
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