[Tfug] OT: Proposed increase in H1B visas

[Chris Hill]

Um, ok, I'll bite on this one. I think this bill is fine. If there is 
skilled labor out there, let's use it. I don't see what the problem is. 
Are you afraid that someone more skilled is going to come in and take 
your jobs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORAyORWRAA

C

keith smith wrote:
>
> Hi fellow tech people,
>
> Seems we have a sort of problem locally with our own congresswoman 
> Gabrielle Giffords. <http://giffords.house.gov/contact/index.shtml>
>
> I first learned of this problem on the PLUG list.
>
> Seems she wants to double the amount of H1B visas from 65,000 to 
> 130,000 per year and remove the student H1B visas from 20,000 to 
> unlimited.  The legislation would increase the H-1B cap to 180,000 in 
> 2010 to 2015 if the 130,000 cap is reached the year before.
>
> In part the article states:
>
> The Innovation Employment Act, introduced by Representative Gabrielle 
> Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, late Thursday, would increase the cap 
> in H-1B visas from 65,000 a year to 130,000 a year. In addition, there 
> would be no cap on H-1B applications for foreign graduate students 
> attending U.S. colleges and studying science, technology and related 
> fields. Currently, there's a 20,000-a-year cap on visas for graduate 
> students in all fields.
>
> http://www.cio.com/article/197100/Bill_Would_Double_Cap_on_H_B_Visas
>
> I called her office and complained.  I think everyone on the list 
> should do likewise.  Phone: (520) 881-3588.
>
>
>
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