| Tony, it's not all IT workers out there with H1-Bs. I'd guess that fewer than 1/4th of H1-Bs go to the IT/software industry. It's the only one you may be familiar with but don't assume the H1-B hasn't reached into almost all areas of the American economy. And as I said before, what's wrong with an immigration program which is pretty well-calibrated to fill worker shortages in the technical fields? H1-Bs will drop off in IT if there is unemployment and it'll move to other areas. Nursing I've heard is going through yet another shortage, and lo and behold, on a recent visit to the Dr's office, the nurse spoke to me with a rich Irish brogue. How many chemists, nuclear technicians, medical personnel, physicists, et al. are there with H1-Bs? Have you gone to a chemistry/physics/math department at an Ivy League university recently? More than 3/4ths of the PhD candidates are foreign born. Face it, the "discrimination" against citizens begins with the fact that Americans don't covet these technical positions at the beginning of the educational process; they'd rather be "communications" or "business" majors at State U rather than develop knowledge in science and math. Is it any wonder that a country of people that aspire to be news anchors, screen writers, lawyers and basketball players in college would find themselves at a disadvantage when the hot job is in code writing. IMO, the immigration laws have been a boon to the US economy over the last decade (or century for that matter) and the current backlash is based on anectdotal, nativist ignorance. When exactly did your ancestors come over anyway? |
