Posted on 10/02/2015 7:21:53 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
Congress allowed a fee intended to discourage outsourcing by companies that rely on H-1B visas to replace U.S. workers to expire Wednesday night.
“Congress watched employers discriminate against Americans in hiring and firing, and then ship American jobs overseas. Congress promised to do something about these pernicious practices -- and it did. It made them cheaper,” IEEE-USA President Jim Jefferies said.
The $2,000 outsourcing fee (along with a $2,150 fee on L-1 visas) applies only to firms with more than 50 percent of their workforce on H-1B or L-1 visas, a small percentage of tech employers, including the top outsourcing companies who have come to dominate the H-1B program. Originally used to fund border security in 2010, the fee was extended to help pay the cost for 9/11 first responders health care, but it expired at midnight on September 30.
“Congress should be looking for ways to discourage outsourcing, not make it more profitable.” Jefferies said. Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens per year working as IT professionals, accountants and engineers have been fired and replaced by H-1B workers employed by outsourcing companies. The new employees make far less than the people they are replacing, and the fired employees are often required to train their replacements.
“The fee isn’t enough, of course. Do the math -- the going rate for the kind of work being done at Disney and Southern California Edison was in the $100,000 to $120,000 annual salary range,” Jefferies said. “Congress allows H-1B outsources to pay as little as $60,000 for this work. So paying $2,000 for each H-1B to replace a middle class American worker is embarrassing.” IEEE-USA would like to see a federal investigation into this practice of discriminating against U.S. citizens in favor of H-1B workers, a clear violation of the 1986 law that protects Americans from discrimination based on citizenship.
This is just unbelievable.
Just another in a long series of backstabbing moves by the Republican ‘controlled’ congress. Remember this in 2016.
Any investigation will show liberal elites paying big bucks to congressmen to keep cheap labor flooding the country.
I feel the same way.. This is a disgrace, but last time i said that in a FR thread of the same topic, i got killed.
people saying its the free market at work, etc.
Not only does this H-1B practice hurt American citizens, it also hurts country’s raided of their ‘best and brightest’.
The link gives numbers behind ‘immigration’ ... tells the truth behind the lies.
If you have a few minutes check it out... It supports our position... and shows the flaws in the beliefs of those calling for more immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE
you gotta get off the notion that this is socialists doing this. This is the GOP that runs this place.
You need to take a look at the companies who are hiring the H-1B hoards... it’s all the top liberal companies. They have the money - they pay off their boys in congress...
This video takes on all the liberal lies about immigration. Give in 4 minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE
Please ping me when you see such cr@p - I'll muster the troops and set the record straight.
And not a few alleged "conservatives" would have us believe this is good for the nation.
You do know that liberals are liars, paid trolls, or corrupt right? Did you take 4 minutes to look at the link? Please do...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE
The gutting of the Golden Goo$e accelerates..
And not a few alleged "conservatives" would have us believe this is good for the nation.
You do know that liberals are liars, paid trolls, or corrupt right? Did you take 4 minutes to look at the link?
Good video - effectively refutes one liberal argument for mass immigration - but in no way touches on the not a few alleged "conservatives" who would have us believe this is good for the nation.
H1B bump for later...
The steaming turds do this at a time when almost one third of the TOTAL population of the U.S. is unemployed.
This should be a storm the Bastille moment followed by “off with their heads”.
It would be heartwarming to see some Free Traitors swinging from lampposts.
Look at the end of the video...
Ted Cruz’s wish to massively expand H1bs coming true?
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