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In reply to the discussion: The H1B issue: Yes, American workers, YOU DO QUALIFY FOR THAT JOB. [View all]I mean K & R.
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The video at the end is the end all to the H1 argument, these companies are taught NOT TO HIRE
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#3
There could be a number of factors for this including the Obama admin catching on to H1B visa issues
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#17
It has, and always will be about procuring cheap labor, laws are meant to be sidelined by the new
mother earth
Aug 2012
#6
There is NO shortage of qualified americans, only a corporate desire to pay less than market rates
on point
Aug 2012
#7
Prevailing wage is the one published by the DOL and freely available online
WilmywoodNCparalegal
Aug 2012
#25
Except that's not what's happening. Did you read the links in the OP and in the thread, btw?
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#36
Post #34 is further proof that H1Bs are underpaid. Do you have any counter-evidence?
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#54
Lots of inaccuracies about H-1Bs and a general misunderstanding of how the legal immigration process
WilmywoodNCparalegal
Aug 2012
#24
Could you at least be consistent when trying to justify destroying my profession?
jeff47
Aug 2012
#45
I would bet that master's or phd degrees in engineering are not needed for many of those "jobs".
L0oniX
Aug 2012
#30
The underpayment of H-1Bs is well-established fact, not rumor, anecdote or ideology.
antigop
Aug 2012
#34
Enough with the anti-American worker bigotry. Those jobs belong to us. Period. Dot. Stop.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#68
I'm pro-immigrant and therefore think that they should *be* American citizens.
joshcryer
Aug 2012
#72
They're being used as pools of cheap labor. You keep denying this. Why is that?
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#74
I want the American citizen Engineers who are out of work to get those jobs first. Period.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#78
As I said, ultranationalism. I want whoever is experienced to get whatever...
joshcryer
Aug 2012
#79
You lie once again. The problem is not incompetency, though you'd like to accuse Americans of that.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#85
It has everything to do with cheap labor. You are still wrong in accusing Americans of incompetence.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#91
Still no facts, just your hateful and ultra-biased opinions. Your argument is 100% FAIL.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#117
Right wing talking point? 91% of Democrats are on my side, not yours. Have a nice day!
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#73
We already have a GLUT of American engineers with ADVANCED DEGREES looking for work.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#77
Oooh, and now you're being racist, too. "Obama dance a jig"? Where did that BS come from?
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#86
No, it has nothing to do with "failure to educate our citizens". Zero. Zip. Nada.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#93
I repeated myself because your "facts" are in error. Your "evidence" is as clear as mud.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#96
Yup, I sure am saying their "facts" are half-truths. And they are half-truths.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#101
Zalatix, this thread is a monument to why labor is screwed in this country ....
SteveSmithCharlotte
Aug 2012
#123
I totally agree we need to talk more about the illegal immigration problem.
agent zero
Aug 2012
#130