Congress ready to cut number of visas for foreign tech workers

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/6841298.htm

Faced with the loss of thousands of American high-tech jobs overseas, Congress appears poised to cut the number of foreign high-tech workers allowed into the U.S.

On Oct. 1, the maximum number of H1-B visas will drop from its current level -- 195,000 -- to a previously approved level of 65,000 a year. H1-B visas allow American companies to bring high-tech experts into the U.S. for up to three years.

Congress has until Oct. 1 to extend H1-B visas at their current level. No action is expected before the deadline.

"The job market is much different today than it was in 1998 and 2000," said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hatch sponsored legislation in 2000 to raise the cap on H1-B visas from 115,000 to 195,000.

[bahrbearian]

1. Thank You Orrin

Too late now the Tech workers are going abroad for work..

[dfong63]

2. make that "hundreds of thousands" of high tech jobs

and fuck Orrin Hatch with a chainsaw.

it's amazing how the government that is supposed to represent us, not only screws the American worker out of hundreds of thousands of jobs here in at home, but does nothing to discourage the flight of millions of jobs overseas thru outsourcing.

[Noordam]

3. How about the L-1 too

there is NO control over the numbers of those India IT firms are using.

[Nottingham]

4. Orrin Hatch Gives jobs to Foreigners and says Screw Americans

How patriotic is Orrin Hatch??

[JM]

5. Excuse me, but...

...Congress isn't doing shit on this. They are merely watching as previously legislated sunset provisions hit. If they really wanted to do something, they would nail the L-1 Visas.

The real truth behind this is since H1Bs will decrease, L-1 visas will increase. No caps and no prevailing wage clauses in L-1 visas

Later,
JM

[Nottingham]

6. I'm waitinf for this to Blow up in Republican faces! Patriotic!

It shows they are hypocrites! If they were Patriotic they would hire AMERICANS

:bounce:

[sendero]

7. one thing these idiots don't realize...

.... is that a lot of H1B workers come over here basically for on-the-job training. They get it, and they take it back to their native country and use it. It would not be a stretch to say that we train our own foreign competitors in a lot of technology.

Congress isn't going to really care until a million people with pitchforks appear at the capitol gates.