H-1B Visa Law: Trying Again

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Two U.S. senators are reintroducing legislation aimed at revamping the H-1B visa program for guest workers in the U.S., at a time of rising unemployment and growing evidence that the program has been marred by fraud. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) hope that the bill, "The H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud & Prevention Act of 2009," has a better chance of passing now than when they originally introduced it in 2007.

"The H-1B visa program should complement the U.S. workforce, not replace it," Durbin said in an Apr. 23 statement. "The…program is plagued with fraud and abuse and is now a vehicle for outsourcing that deprives qualified American workers of their jobs."

The bill would not reduce the number of H-1B visas—now 85,000 per year—but contains provisions to increase oversight and enforcement and discourage outsourcing of H-1B visa holders. It also requires all employers seeking to hire an H-1B visa holder to pledge that they have made a "good faith" effort to hire American workers first, and that the H-1B visa holder will not displace an American worker. Under current law, only heavy users of the program must make such a pledge.

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2009/db20090423_219068.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories_msnbc

[47of74]

1. There shouldn't be any H-1Bs, period

We have too many Americans out of work right now for that horseshit. There shouldn't be any H-1Bs, period, and the companies should be told to go pound sand if they don't like that!

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4. Amen to that. It's not racist to keep immigrant workers out until the economy recovers. n/t

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2. durbin and grassley both need to lose their jobs like the rest of America.

More congressional screwing of the American worker. H-1B visas should be abolished like the DNC (Do Nothing Congress).

[47of74]

5. Grasley's up in 2010

And I'm hoping that someone here in Iowa will put up a bit more than a token effort in unseating him this time around.

[AzDar]

3. K & R