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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:28 PM Original message |
Grassley seeks proof of jobs from H-1B applicants |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. About time! nt |
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jasi2006 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. This won't go far. Too many "favored" immigrants involved. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. The party of the working person needs to be out in front of this. n/t |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Oh, you just do not care at all about those poor poor poor |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Yes, and their countries of origin don't care about them like our country doesn't care about us. nt |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Translation: Chuck Grassley is up for re-election |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Grassley and Durbin have been wanting "reform" for years. n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Seconded. Both politicians sound legtimate. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I know -- and he has gone after the NFP churches abusing that statute |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Clarification: Grassley's been on this consistently for over 4 years |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I invite all Democrats to oppose H-1b abuse, even if they are just doing it for their re-election |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Corpo-Dems are in the pocket of big business. eom |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Seems like in a country this size with this many people out of work, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Apparently. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Don't believe it for a minute. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. That was the argument 10+ years ago... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Its already being done that way for years - yet those who don't know how it works applaud |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I thought it went beyond "best", I thought they had to prove |
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Sub Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. don't hold your breath. |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Let's hope they aren't so easily bypassed like the original |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Its called public education - and americans are not very good at it |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Am I confusing programs, I thought this was the program |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. This stuff really should be obvious. Then again, there is a HUGE irony... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You believe everything that you're "told." |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. If that comment is for me, I tried to read the rest of the |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I wasn't responding to you. |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Sorry, OhioChick, some can be nasty. Too jumpy, I guess. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No Problem. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You can see who a poster is replying to by looking at the number on the upper right of their post |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Thanks, never noticed that. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yes. That's why we offshore jobs. Hey, have you noticed |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. All he has to do is look at all the IT workers who've been laid off. That's where the H1B workers |
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SandWalker1984 (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Exactly! My brother was in IT, now he's pounding nails, literally.... |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. I worked at a place where H-1bs were hired 'to the bench' all the time |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
29. good for Grassley... |
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