Reply #74: Weak argument, indeed, to say visas have nothing to do with it

[Woodstock]

Exactly as you said. L-1's and H-1's are being used to drive down wages. I work with some of these people - when one thinks of sweatshops, one thinks of people sewing cheap underwear, perhaps. But there is a new class of white collar sweatshops as a result of these programs - people are being brought over making less than Americans in the same job (the ones who still have one, that is - more and more Americans are losing their jobs to the visa holders) and the visa holders are so afraid of being sent back to their countries, they work countless overtime hours, and work under overly demanding or demeaning conditions that Americans would rebel against, with nary a peep. This is just what is going on here - now look what is going on at the offshore "sweatshops." Overseas the corporations are not being held to American standards - standards we worked hard to achieve. It would be far better to TRULY help other countries, rather than taking further advantage of them.

Very shortsighted to trust the corporations on this.