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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-15-06 01:30 PM
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I haven't seen a stated position on this yet, so I'm wondering what DU feels
should be done, if anything, about the H1-(b)/L-1 visa programs?

While ~500,000 engineers and IT workers languish in the unemployment lines (not to mention the hundreds of thousands that have involuntarily left the field in order to sustain their eating habit), the owners of the tech industry present a demand, a parting gift if you will, to nearly double the number of H1-(b) visas and further relaxing of the nearly non-existent L-1 visa regulations, to the outgoing re:puke: legislators.

Once again they are creating an alternate reality in an attempt to justify the further decimation of the industry here in the U.S. by whining about a non-existent worker shortage.

http://news.com.com/Tech+asks+departing+Republicans+for+favors/2100-1028_3-6135187.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2615207

This issue has enjoyed "bi-partisan" support for years in spite of the detrimental effects it has yielded for U.S. citizens.

So, how do you think the party should handle this?
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