http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#45090 It took only two short sentences on page 4 in the bureaus six-page Economic News Release to spell out what most IT people may have already realized: IT jobs are getting harder to come by. "Employment in the information industry declined by 13,000 in July and by 44,000 over the past 12 months. Why are they here lobbists?... 45090@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:07:43 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#41798 vv, You are obviously an ignorant and racist foreign worker. Who said I was "white"? We "white people" have nothing against you, it is our corrupt government who uses our tax money to subsidize outsourcing for multi-national corporations. Just like your government is corrupt, so is ours. If corps want to outsource, that is their business. But we do not support our government using our tax money to help them do it and then deny us work or drastically lower our wages as a result. That is the truth of this (and other similar) legislation.... 41798@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:46:54 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#41663 if u dont wana increase quata then why you open school for international student, you make money from him and now they wana earn something from u, you say no. i think you can not stop anything, if you dont increase h1b company move from here, so may be in few year only documentation is done here. you can not stop outsourcing because you cannot stop internet. you make money from other country now somebody wana make from u then white people crying think about small country. h1 people get job because they are eligible. right now in your school in the master course only 5% from us... 41663@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:22:55 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#40733 Obviously foreign workers hit this site and vote for this bill. How ridiculous.... 40733@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:33:48 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#40669 Corrupt congressmen like Doug Lamborn support this bill even though there are 500,000 unemployed Americans in this field.... 40669@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:39:39 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#39563 I am at MIT and have a PhD in computer science. I have been in US for 7 years, and will be forced to take the LOTTERY if I want to stay in US. Current immigration situation is a disaster for the best and brightest foreigners. I am so fed up with the current system that I have to say the following: I warn all highly skilled foreigners who consider studying in the US that the perception of US as a "country that welcomes talent where everybody can succeed" is misleading. This was true in the past, but it is no longer true. If you decide to study in US, expect that you will have to leave after you graduate. Unless you win a Nobel prize, your hard and good quality work at your US university won't help you a single bit with immigration. Your life will likely be better if you look for opportunities at home. Enjoy your own culture. Leave the job of improving and maintaining US economy to the Americans. According to several Americans on this website, this is how they want things anyway.... 39563@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:26:28 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#36364 What I don't understand is how these employees which are allegedly paid so little when they can manage to survive in cities like Redmond and San Jose. Something doesn't add up here. I don't agree that the number of visas should be increased yearly. The number of visas is not even the problem - it's the due diligence. Companies or "body shops" are not being vetted, there is no strict accountability process through which DHS or USCIS or some other arm I don't know which, can run checks on whether or not each job advertised has gone through at least 10 or 20 Americans before they hire a foreigner, or if the wage being paid IS the prevailing wage (the foreign worker can check and complain and NOT be threatened with a lawsuit or worse, getting fired). If we can tighten these areas up, I don't think a limit even needs to be imposed. Decreasing/increasing visa limits is just drugging up a tumor that is growing more malignant by the year.... 36364@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:01:24 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32926 The below question was posted on a forum for people waiting to hear about their H1 Applications. I dont have any proof of its authenticity but it is shocking. People are abusing the H-1B Visa.They embarass the entire Indian Community.Something should be done to stop this.I wish I knew who to approach. ------------------------------- Hi, me and my wife applied to h1 through 5 consultants. only 3 of my were selected and 4 for my wife. is this ok or do we have to get all applications selected to get visa? my is pregnant from last 2 months so we dont want to come to us this year can we come nex year? if we dont use visa does it can be transferred to my sister ? please help if you know ----------------------------------... 32926@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:57:04 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32794 weaver "" The total of temporay resident postgraduates from American colleges in 2005, was 90,944 — well under the 120,120 visa EB green card program. The H-1B visa should be renamed to the H-1BondedServitude visa." 90400- Graduates are just graduates 120,120 - EB green card ...includes Graduates , their families , and other workers and their families who are not Graduates from American Universities.... 32794@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:59:43 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32782 International student should approach all university head and request them to pass resolution that the university admissions will be affected next year. Because graduate from american universities are equal to student from any small ill equipped college.Then what is the use of taking edu in america.... 32782@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:44 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32778 I think it is important to distinguish people educated in this country and educated outside. All the innovations people talk about come are driven by people educated in this country may be foreign or native born. In this scenario, they should give first preference to people educated here in H1-B VISA than educated abroad and come here to work and lower our Salaries.... 32778@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:19:28 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32758 Our current and future success will rest on our ability to identify and utilize top quality talent and ideas. If that talent comes from abroad, bring them in and make them part of the system. We've always respected and, as a society, benefited from hard work, and this is no different.... 32758@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:14:09 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32757 I've seen companies use H1-B employees as indentured servants: underpaid, overworked and threatened with deportation if they ask for too much money. It also depresses US citizen's salaries. Increasing the cap is good for US corporations and bad for US workers.... 32757@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:06:51 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32753 great idea - the economy is failing, tech will bring it back..has to p.s.this is the worst captcha i've ever experienced... 32753@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:41:14 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32752 I wonder how many people (like "Jay", eyken, JAG, Tom K, melin, etc.) supporting this legislation are Americans, and who actually work in this industry. Answer? Zero. The myth that foreigners are some how "smarter" than Americans is a load of crap. There are 500,000 unemployed engineers and programmers in this country. The number one reason is legislation like this which uses my taxpayer money to depress wages so sleazy US corporations like Microsoft and Intel can have a better bottom line. Disgusting.... 32752@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:37:31 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32742 Anyone who believes that "American workers" can do all the innovation is an idiot. There is no monopoly on innovation or on talent. Look at your high school class. No matter how much you train the bottom 90%, they will never perform as well as the top 1% of people in India, China, Eastern Europe, etc. America has a unique window to bring these brilliant people into our economy - where they can start the next new great companies, and employ hundreds of thousands of Americans in high paying, white collar jobs. Small-mindedness is holding this country back, and will result in suffering for our grandchildren.... 32742@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:09:53 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32738 The US economy creates a net of 2,000 additional jobs a day on average. (Gross figures would be much higher) Why do we blame the H1B cap for the loss of jobs in the economy?... 32738@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:10:34 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32737 Had another thought. If these foreign workers are so necessary and so smart (compared to us dumb American's), then businesses should pay them more. How about anyone coming in under the H1-B must be paid 2X the highest tech wage in the company? I'll bet you'd then see the H1-B program die on its own shortly. Why? Because it will then be cheaper to train American's adequately.... 32737@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:57:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32733 The passage of this bill is extremely important to the future of Silicon Valley, one of the most vital assets the United States has today and will have in the future.... 32733@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:52:02 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32730 I graduated in CS from Stanford in 2006, and it was incredibly frustrating to see so many of my talented foreign classmates have to return home after graduation as they could not obtain visas to stay. This is definitely our loss as a country. I have seen this same problem at my company as we have been unable to hire a number of people due to visa issues. It is difficult enough to find talented people.... 32730@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:04:40 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32729 This is nothing more than a way to depress wages... 32729@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:30 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32725 I believe that US has to start educating Americans to fulfill their needs unlike blaming immigrants for the faults of the system and unemployment. Why is the primary and secondary education system not proving sufficient graduates in STEM degrees? For every H1B worker hired US companies bring in 4 more American worked to support. What if countries like China and Russia attract these highly skilled foreign graduates from US universities? I believe that US is going to be the world's super power as long as it is a super power in science and technology. If this is what US wants then this is where the current congress's immigration policies are heading.... 32725@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:46:52 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32724 I strongly urge that the US take firm decision on this issue as foreign students bring in a lot of investments in the form of fees to universities and then they form their base in the US based on their interests, but if US continues the trend then the only beneficiaries would be competitors like Canada, UK, France, Germany Etc.. How can the students trust the system after they get a negative feedback from their peers? I think it is a cycle and the US has to understand how to treat this complicate situation. I have graduated in 2006 and USCIS had considered my application in the general quota by mistake and this year my fate is unknown. How is it possible for a country like the US to treat us like this for abiding the laws and regulations?... 32724@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:37:26 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32722 I disagree with this bill. As a US citizen working and living in America I have seen many highly skilled US educated Americans trying to work in the US with no avail. The US must leverage it ability to attract top talent by providing our students with jobs in this country. Of course their will always be abuse of such things but we cannot forget that one key to US strength has been our ability to attract a wide variety of highly skilled talent in many industries in our country. Coupled with our vast wealth, there is no reason that the US should not be able to maintain is technological lead for the foreseeable future. However, shutting skilled Americans out is defiantly countered productive.... 32722@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:24:04 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1930.html#32715 I come from Europe and I am graduating right now with an MBA degree with a US top bussiness school. I got 3 job offers in the US and Europe, including my home country. The European offers were higher than US ones. The offered salary is at least double of US average. I wanted to contribute to US economy and I don't need to do it for money. Now my future depends on LOTTERY.... 32715@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:21:40 EDT