Posted on 06/30/2014 9:46:00 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
resident Barack Obama may be Silicon Valley's last hope for swift action on stalled immigration reform efforts. A bill that would usher in new rules for both foreign-born tech talent and millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has languished in the House of Representatives for months. On Monday, Obama was confronted with ominous news on the legislation after House Majority Leader John Boehner informed him that an existing immigration bill will not be brought to a vote by the end of 2014. “Last week he informed me that Republicans will continue to block immigration reform at least for the remainder of this year,” Obama said in a statement reported by Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. The President added that “America cannot wait forever for them to act” and that he will do what he can “without Congress.” Exactly what that means for Silicon Valley and its tech companies that are hungry for immigrant technology is unclear. There has been talk in the past about the viability of using piecemeal executive orders to change some immigration rules, but whether Obama chooses to expend political capital on tech immigration issues — or whether he is even legally able to make any such changes without congressional approval — largely remains a question mark. The financial stakes for the region's tech industry are much easier to assess. Tech companies including Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. have spent millions of dollars on expanded federal lobbying in recent years, including advocacy efforts on a range of immigration proposals designed to increase the number of skilled foreign workers that can be hired annually by U.S. firms through H-1B visas. A separate " startup visa" for aspiring international entrepreneurs is another policy item that has drift
I don't like either proposal--increasing H-1B Visas or granting amnesty to illegal immigrants, but I really dislike combining the issues..
Eh, I forgot to check the excerpt box...more article at the site.
It appears as though Silicon Valley isn’t too impressed with American techies trained in American schools.
“It appears as though Silicon Valley isn’t too impressed with American techies trained in American schools.”
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And they expect illegal wetbacks from Mexico and Central America to fill the tech gap? Geee, who would have thunk it?
How that helps with high tech jobs is a mystery to me.
My son-in-law with HP tells me that there are lots of techies who are vastly over-qualified but can't find jobs as many tech companies prefer to hire foreigners, as they will work for less and not expect scads of benefits - plus the first questions they ask during job interviews are not how soon they can take some vacation!
Agreed that schools are not encouraging/training students for tech careers.
However,I just think there are many unemployed legal, US citizens who could be hired or retrained...
I think the tech giants don’t want to have to pay competitive wage. Are not workers here on H-1B visas beholden to the company that is sponsoring them?
My son-in-law with HP tells me that there are lots of techies who are vastly over-qualified but can’t find jobs as many tech companies prefer to hire foreigners, as they will work for less and not expect scads of benefits
Oh, and I think the issues are being combined to get the GOPe vote on immigration.
That’s a good point. One answer is this; notice how the left mixes legal and illegal “immigration” in terms?
They want to blur the lines.
We all know these tech companies truly don’t need that many foreigners to write basic code. They just don’t want to spend their money working to get Amercians into the tech market. They know they are lazy and stupid and our education system turns out morons.
Live by liberalism, die by liberalism.
It isn’t like they don’t move their tech support and writing to China or India already.
I’m supposed to worry about billionaires making more money?
What is immigrant technology? Sounds like something they could go to a store and buy.
That’s a good point. One answer is this; notice how the left mixes legal and illegal “immigration” in terms?
They want to blur the lines.
We all know these tech companies truly don’t need that many foreigners to write basic code. They just don’t want to spend their money working to get Amercians into the tech market. They know they are lazy and stupid and our education system turns out morons.
“...tech companies that are hungry for immigrant technology...”
What is immigrant technology? Sounds like something they could go to a store and buy.
Silicon Valley wants cheap labor. Americans invented everything that made Silicon Valley great. The Bill Gateses of the world got theirs and now they want labor on the cheap - exactly like the railroad barons of the Gilded Age who pulled in cheap labor from around the world. If you know history those a$$holes were in tight with the government too. The difference now is that today’s a$$holes are operating in a welfare state with a fiat currency which means they can transfer the costs onto taxpayers. Americans after the Civil War often hated the railroads. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
With Silicon Valley’s desire for all the H1B visas, one would think that every IT and computer nerd in the country would be turning down work. However, that ain’t the case.
And I wonder how many out of work IT folks are supporters of the obama, the Dems and the eGOP? Because it seems like they’re the folks keeping you out of the workforce.
Could it be that the US nerds would want a better standard of living than a H1B?
Excellent observations!
Could it be that the US nerds would want a better standard of living than a H1B?
Very interesting observations! Thanks for your thoughts.
In some ways, it seems like you are defining crony capitalism in different terms.
There’s big money for Democrat political campaigns linked to his action on immigration, whatever that may be.
This is an election year.
Agreed..I guess what really bugs me is the REPUBLICANS SUPPORTING this...like Paul Ryan...and even Rand Paul to a lesser extent :(
I’m currently looking for something new after my last contract finished out (which was a lot shorter than what they dangled in front of me, and which I took in place of a possible longer term job — yeah contracting can stink the way you can get jerked around).
Well I can’t say I have heard NOTHING from Silicon Valley, but it’s been mighty quiet compared with the rest of the country.
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