DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

Never-Ending Post — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:36:32 +0000

Government and Business leaders worker 24/7 to Keep Americans Away from High Tech Jobs is a post I wrote about this also.

Thanks to to Rob Sanchez’ Newsletters and Bob Oak’s No Slaves site for providing much of the information regarding the OPT extension.

DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

NoSlaves.com — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:00:01 +0000

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DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

RobS. — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:15:54 +0000

article on illegality of ruling.

DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

Bob Oak — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:06:05 +0000

Because most of the activity is corporate lobbyist driven. They are not sifting through patents, intellectual property and so forth to ensure those who truly are doing unique research are encouraged to stay in the US versus those who are simply increasing the labor supply and thus lowering wages.

If you have patents or some breakthrough, plain make a comment to DHS. I would also suggest supporting a top down priority queue on approving H-1B guest worker Visas versus a lottery, based on salary, patents, critical scientific breakthroughs.

Differentiating between the goal to labor arbitrage US citizens versus enabling international talent in R&D in the US really needs to be amplified.

But, this ruling was really per Bill Gates and his cheap labor agenda demands.

DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

Stephen — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:18:11 +0000

Why is food science not in the STEM? I am an International student with PhD in food science and have worked on a interdisciplinary research for 4 years. My research uses the concepts of chemical engineering and food science but my degree is in food science. I do not know the logic behind not including food science in the list of STEM majors. Food Science majors are in great demand in the industry and the DHS should do a research before leaving it. I hope they will realise the mistake and will include Food Science in the STEM majors.

DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

Hamilton — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:00:59 +0000

Thanks for helping to raise awareness and more importantly action on this issue.
For a sample letter readers can pass along to DHS or Congress, please see the above link. For more information on th two proposed bills on the H-1B cap, please link to:
HR 5642 Will Triple Not Double the H-1B Cap

Track the H-1B Cap Bills

H-1B Cap Bills and Job Creation

DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

anonymous — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:27:46 +0000

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math workers, you need to organize or be steam rolled by corporate interests.

Think your skills are so great you can survive on your own? Think again.

Companies like Microsoft, Intel, and Oracle - huge powerful global corporations - actually have their own “unions” like the ITAA (Information Technology Association of America), and SIIA (Software Information Industry Association).

Bitter enemies like Microsoft and IBM are SMART ENOUGH to realize that they will be more effective if they band together for their common interest. No single employee can stand up to just one of these corporations much less standing up against an entire industry UNION. That is why you need to organize. That is why you need to call your senators and representatives and stand up for your rights.

Do you see the hypocrisy when it’s ok for Microsoft, IBM, Sun, … to organize into industry unions but they don’t believe their employees have any right to organize and collectively bargain? But that is exactly what the ITAA does when they lobby (collectively bargain with) Congress for subsidies in the form of increased H-1B visas.

You work hard for these companies. You’ve worked hard your whole career. You deserve to be treated fairly. You should not stand for your own elected representatives undermining your hard fought careers.

DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

anonymous — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:00:39 +0000

Great post. First of all, what the Executive branch is doing is illegal. But that doesn’t seem to stop the Bush administration. If they want to do something, and the law doesn’t permit it, they do it anyway and declare a dire emergency to justify it.

Take for instance wiretapping phone calls of US citizens without first getting a warrant. Or declaring the presence of WMDs in Iraq. BLS concealed reports in order to get CAFTA passed … This administration seems to despise the working class and labor rights.

It is not a NATIONAL EMERGENCY for some college students to graduate and need to return to their home country.

This ruling is sure to have negative effects on new college graduates, Americans that have been displaced from tech and are trying desperately to get back into the workforce, Americans deciding whether to pursue a tech career, and even existing H-1Bs that wish to get their visa renewed.

http://newsmine.org/archive/cabal-elite/globalization/trade/labor-dept-concealed-report-on-free-trade-labor.txt

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16program.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers

MDT — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:29:28 +0000

Great summary!

“without first providing notice and the opportunity for public comment under the “good cause” exception”
Sure this is a national emergency deserving of this ruling. Do we have a lobbyist in the house?

I have made my calls & emails - everyone ought to do the same asap otherwise the dam breaks.