Reply #17: It is not just illegal immigration that is affecting our wages.To

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circumvent the legthy process involved in legal immigration, the big corporations like Microsoft, Cisco, Intel etc. have gotten Congress to authorize a fast track visa process for temporary workers from India, China etc. the so called H1B and L type visas.These allow the workers to come in and work in this country ( I think it is for a period of five years,I am not sure).This has devastated the income levels of our IT people.The L type visa also has the potential to do similar damage.With this type of a visa, if I understand it correctly,an employer in the US with a branch plant say in China can bring the Chinese workers as though he is effecting a transfer between two plants belonging to the same corporation.He will not be bound to obey the wage scales in this contry.This is a trojan horse that can just about kill off our workers ability to earn a living in this country.

So, yes, I agree with your post but just wanted to remind you that even if we insist all immigrants be legal, the problem will persist because the H1B and the L visa holders are legal.Screwed either way, don't you feel better now?