Wouldn't a better solution for tech companies be to crack down on H1B and L1 abuses, ban those emp'rs and give

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all the visas only to the 'good' companies like Microsoft who aren't using them to outsource? Recent discoveries changed my mind that increasing the H1B cap was the way to deal with this, and I never wanted to let as many students who could get a masters or better from our worst colleges to get them without cap, but that is what IT wants. Expect a follow up bill.

What do you think?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070628/tc_infoworld/89769_1

http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800470344_480200_NT_087a491e.HTM?click_from=RSS

BK, I haven't personally been impacted by them, and what I've read says Microsoft pays theirs true wages, rather than having the $18,000 lower salary that others have. But what do I know?

Answer 1

My head spun around twice when I saw "Microshaft" and "good companies" in the same sentence. That said, I agree with you on this.

Answer 2

You used Microsoft as an example of a 'good' company. That really hurts your creadibility. ;)

Serioulsy, though, when companies say they need H1B because they can't find enough qualified workers, what they really mean is that they can't find enough entry-level workers. There are Americans /more/ than capable of doing those jobs, they're just 'over qualified' - that is, they're older, and thus more expensive to employ...

Answer 3

This Bill would have increased the H1B quota to 500,000 from the current 65,000 per year.

The congress serves everyone except those that they have been elected to serve!