H-1B, L-1, J-1, TN, E-3 -- The Numbers Tell The Tale

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Friday March 27, 2009 · 10:58 AM PDT

2009/03/27 · 10:58

There is a common misconception among those who favor bypassing available, qualified American workers for the STEM jobs in the US. Some either really believe, or they prefer to say, that the number of STEM workers who enter the country each year to replace American workers is only 65,000.

The real numbers are much higher than that, and they are readily available online. The State Department issues the visas. A few of the visa programs require a certification process, amounting to absolutely no protections for US workers, from the DOL. The DOL official policy, in fact, is that US workers can be replaced even if they are available and want the job.

Refer to this previous diary for the relevant information.

Most companies can explicitly discriminate against American workers by recruiting and hiring only H-1B visa holders. As the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has said:

H-1B workers may be hired even when a qualified U.S. worker wants the job, and a U.S. worker can be displaced from the job in favor of a foreign worker.

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Is it fair to allow US employers to use the visas and bypass US workers?

163 votes Vote Now!

Is it fair to allow US employers to use the visas and bypass US workers?

Yes

32 votes

107 votes

Undecided

3 votes

It's not that simple.

21 votes

Americans: Mean-Spirited and Xenophobic?

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Monday March 16, 2009 · 2:16 PM PDT

2009/03/16 · 14:16

I cringed when I saw this interview. Vivek Wadhwa, CEO and entrepreneur, lashed out repeatedly at Ph.D. and widely recognized outsourcing expert Ron Hira. According to Wadhwa, Americans and green card holders should not have priority for the jobs over workers who are in the US on an H-1B visa. Instead of fairness, he calls this

mean-spirited xenophobia.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/...

Other points of view are as follows:

Senator Fritz Hollings, in an article published in the Huffington Post

With stimulus, we bail as fast as we can to stop the leaks, but do nothing to plug the hole in the hull ripped by offshoring. Stimulation can be a total success and we'll still lose more jobs than are created.

Today the U. S. Chamber of Commerce opposes "Buy America" in the stimulus. The government's and Corporate America's policy remains getting rid of jobs.

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110 votes Show Results

Americans and green card holders should have priority over workers on H-1B for the jobs in the US

110 votes Vote Now!

Americans and green card holders should have priority over workers on H-1B for the jobs in the US

Yes

84 votes

12 votes

Undecided

1 vote

It's not that simple.

13 votes

Obama, Solis - Change is Here!

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Thursday March 12, 2009 · 10:59 AM PDT

2009/03/12 · 10:59

The DOL is indicating that it will represent union workers instead of exclusively backing business interests in the US, and depriving US workers of pay and benefits in the name of increased profits.

Solis:

...better jobs with a decent wage and benefits.

Hilda Solis, the new Labor Secretary, had these words for young workers last week, at a union training facility in Florida, according to AFL-CIO reports.

Obama indicated that organized labor will play a key role in the nation's economic recovery.

labor unions are a big part of the solution.

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Saturday March 07, 2009 · 12:26 PM PST

2009/03/07 · 12:26

This is a fresh ad by US employers that recruits US jobs overseas and will eventually replace even more US workers.

USA team - hiring Overseas

DIGIBLITZ IS A REPUTED AND LEADING USA BASED SOFT WARE COMPANY HAVING INDIAN OFF SHORE OPERATIONS AT CHENNAI AND ON SITE LOCATIONS IN UNITED STATES. INTERESTED CANDIDATE CAN JOIN TRAINING PROGRAM.
We require Software Engineers from various skillsets to join our USA team under H1B visa program. The basic qualification of B.E./B.Tech./MCA/MBA/M.tech/Msc is required with very good aptitude skills.
Desired Candidate Profile
We are currently looking for IT consultants with 2-6 years of experience with various technologies like Java/ J2EE, .NET, Oracle Apps, SAP, Informatica, Linux, Oracle Development, Service Oriented Architecture, Data Warehouse etc

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Friday March 06, 2009 · 9:41 AM PST

2009/03/06 · 09:41

Government data showed an increase in job loss today.

Hilda Solis, Labor Secretary, addressed the situation this morning, according to a Reuters report.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will do whatever is necessary to break "the destructive cycle of job loss," Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Friday after new data showed the U.S. unemployment rate had hit a 25-year high.

U.S. employers cut 651,000 jobs in February, according to government data that also showed that a combined 161,000 more jobs were lost in January and December than previously believed.

Solis said she was boosting by $3.5 billion the money available to states for education, training and re-employment.

This diary does not intend, nor does it imply any negativity toward foreign citizens or workers present in the US. It is only a discussion of employer visas, and the current policies of US government with respect to labor practices by US employers.

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Thursday March 05, 2009 · 12:14 PM PST

2009/03/05 · 12:14

AFL-CIO reports indicate that the new sheriff, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, will waste no time in cleaning up the town.

Hilda Solis has asked for a review of the visas that were granted so that building contractors in Florida would be able to hire workers from abroad. When the visas were issued, more than 1,000 members of the Sheet Metal Workers union (SMWIA) were out of work in the same area. The issue concerns work on the St. Regis Hotel project in Bal Harbour, Fla.

This diary does not intend nor does it imply any negativity toward foreign citizens or workers present in the US. It is only a discussion of employer visas, and the current policies of US government with respect to labor practices by US employers.

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56 votes Show Results

I disagree with the presentation of stats in this diary. I believe that the issue is being misrepresented by a combination of shallow analysis and lazy reporting, and that the diarist is merely intent on whipping up anti-immigrant outrage.

56 votes Vote Now!

I disagree with the presentation of stats in this diary. I believe that the issue is being misrepresented by a combination of shallow analysis and lazy reporting, and that the diarist is merely intent on whipping up anti-immigrant outrage.

Yes

9 votes

11 votes

Undecided

2 votes

I agree that the visa programs need to be revised to protect US workers, but disagree with use of the stats in this diary.

0 votes

I agree that the visa programs need to be revised to protect US workers, and I agree with use of the stats in this diary.

31 votes

I think the visa programs should not be changed at all, and I think that the use of stats in this diary reflects a flawed or dishonest reporting methodolgy.

0 votes

I think that all limitations on visa programs whould be removed, that US employers should hire whomever they please, in whatever numbers suit them, and I disagree with the stats presented in the diary.

3 votes

H-1B Cap at 65,000? Not Even Close!

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Sunday March 01, 2009 · 1:31 PM PST

2009/03/01 · 13:31

At a time when unemployment is on the uptick in 46 out of 50 states, employers are continuing to hire H-1B workers for high-paying jobs in the US as they ignore the pool of qualified, locally available US citizens and green card holders.

Preliminary figures are available for 2008 from the US Department of State. Compare the total number of visas issued for these visa programs to those from the previous years:

H-1B
1998 = 91,360
1999 = 116,513
2000 = 133,290
2001 = 161,643
2002 = 118,352
2003 = 107,196
2004 = 138,965
2005 = 124,099
2006 = 135,421
2007 = 154,053
2008 = 129,464

L-1
1998 = 38,307
1999 = 41,739
2000 = 54,963
2001 = 59,384
2002 = 57,721
2003 = 57,245
2004 = 62,700
2005 = 65,458
2006 = 72,613
2007 = 84,532
2008 = 84,078

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 10:53 AM PST

2009/02/26 · 10:53

Unemployment is on the rise.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New jobless claims rose more than expected last week and the number of Americans continuing to receive unemployment benefits has topped 5.1 million, fresh evidence the recession is increasingly forcing employers to shed jobs.

Yet, there's still a huge market for bringing tech workers in to the US on employer visas.

http://seeker.dice.com/...

http://www.indeed.com/...

http://classifieds.benchfolks.com/...

http://www.prgjobs.com/...

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Friday February 20, 2009 · 11:56 AM PST

2009/02/20 · 11:56

The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that four have pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining visas and green cards.

Four men from India pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to participating in an immigration scam that authorities say was run by an Edison businessman.

The defendants said they paid the man, Nilesh Dasondi, thousands of dollars in exchange for his help to illegally secure work visas and green cards. Dasondi, a former Edison zoning official, was charged in June with conspiracy and is free on bail.

They all face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when they are sentenced in May.

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Does the US economy need employer visas to achieve economic growth?

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Does the US economy need employer visas to achieve economic growth?

Yes

8 votes

39 votes

Unknown

2 votes

Solis Confirmation - Senate Vote on 24th

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Wednesday February 18, 2009 · 8:02 AM PST

2009/02/18 · 08:02

Hilda Solis, Labor Secretary-Designate, will be the next subject in the increasingly contentious process by the new administration of assembling a cabinet. A vote by the Senate has been slated for February 24, according to a news report by People's Weekly World.

Congresswoman Hilda Solis' confirmation to be our new Secretary of Labor is now scheduled for a "test" vote on Tuesday, February 24th, in the Senate. This means that she must get 60 votes to stop a filibuster before she can be confirmed.

The Republicans are fully mobilized by big business and the far right to try and prevent her confirmation. Her husband's taxes have nothing to do with it. They are determined to stop her nomination as a way of fighting against the Employee Free Choice Act. She, like President Obama, strongly supports the bill.

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Tuesday February 17, 2009 · 11:39 AM PST

2009/02/17 · 11:39

The economics of free trade are hitting home. The Washington Post reports: Tech Layoffs Skyrocket. These figures were cited for January and February following reports to Tech Crunch, a blog that chronicles news reports that cover the specific numbers of jobs lost in tech companies.

At the same time, workers are being recruited from overseas for jobs in the US.

Even entry-level jobs are going to the inexperienced from abroad. The required skill is that the worker enter the US on a visa, rather than have the authorization to work here already.

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63 votes Show Results

What should the US government and companies in the US do in the future?

63 votes Vote Now!

What should the US government and companies in the US do in the future?

Practice globalism to the fullest extent possible. It's good for business.

9 votes

Safe guard the livelihoods of US citizens and other legal residents. Their civil rights are being violated, and that is the key issue.

54 votes

Sanders Counters 'Unfettered Free Trade,' Outsourcing

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Friday February 13, 2009 · 11:06 AM PST

2009/02/13 · 11:06

The stimulus package has entered the job creation phase for businesses in the US. Who will get the jobs? US citizens and green card holders or fresh recruits from overseas?

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Solis: "Destructive Cycle of Job Loss"

Solis Visa Investigation

H-1B Cap at 65,000? Not Even Close!

Sail to the West to Reach the East?

Visas Obtained Illegally

Solis Confirmation - Senate Vote on 24th

The Economics of Unemployment

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