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For the new political order taking shape in Washington, however, H-1Bs aren't quite welcome. Amid promises of sweeping changes to immigration policy, President-elect Donald Trump and his choice for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), have tabbed the program for a major overhaul, and might even scrap it altogether. In the House, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is on the same wavelength.
Trump has described H-1Bs as a "cheap labor program" subject to "widespread, rampant" abuse. Sessions co-sponsored legislation last year with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) to effectively gut the program; Issa, a congressman with Trump's ear, released a statement Wednesday saying he was reintroducing similar legislation called the Protect and Grow American Jobs Act.
Sessions and Issa's legislation primarily targets large outsourcing companies, such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services, that receive the vast majority of H-1B visas and use them to deploy workers to American companies seeking to cut costs. In 2015, the top 10 recipients of H-1B visas were outsourcing firms. As recently as 2013, the Justice Department, which Sessions stands to take over, settled with Infosys for $34 million in a visa fraud case.
If they were smart they'd change the program to maximize brain-drain from other countries by making H-1B a fast-track to citizenship instead of the 6+ year wait for a green-card that it now is. Bring in the best of them rather than the cheapest of them and let them compete on equal footing rather than the indentured servitude of the current H-1B program.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday January 11 2017, @03:38AM
"Don't you mean it takes 3-6 years to find a job?"
I don't think so. It would take a little work to convince me of any such thing. There are a lot of different factors to consider, when determining how long it takes to find a new job. Among other things, the "job seeker" might be gaming the system. Prior to the mid-90's, for me to move from one job to another generally took a week or two. UNLESS I wasn't *really* looking for work. A few times, I made my mind up that I was going to sit at the house, and draw unemployment checks for a month or so. For me, back then, it didn't work out that way - people were calling me to come to work. It's hard to turn down good money, just because you would rather sit around and be lazy for a few weeks.
I realize times have changed, and jobs aren't so plentiful today. But, if it takes YEARS to find a job, then you are doing something wrong.
I'm not going to badmouth our Mr. Crawford here - but the man does have some problems that most people don't have. He is NOT a good example of typical job seekers in America. Hard working young people these days seem to balance two or three jobs at the same time. Jobs are available, if you really want a job. They don't PAY well, but they are available. If you live in the deep south, and you're holding out for a job that pays union scale, those jobs are few and far between. But if you want to earn a living, there is work to be done.
I'll add here, that at my age, if it ever takes me more than about six months to find a job, I'm just going to retire. Fek the rat race, I've run on this damned wheel long enough, LOL!
(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday January 11 2017, @09:37AM
Been there, did that.
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