US senators agree to expansion of high-tech visas

[OhioChick]

Source: Economic Times of India

21 May, 2013, 08.51PM

WASHINGTON: Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on U.S. immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the landmark bill.

The deal negotiated by Sens. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and Orrin Hatch, a Republican, aimed to resolve the interests of the high-tech industry, which relies increasingly on skilled foreign workers, and organized labor, which represents American workers.

The officials who confirmed the agreement did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly ahead of an official announcement.

At its core, the legislation would provide an opportunity of U.S. citizenship to millions of immigrants living in the country illegally, create a new visa program for low-skilled workers and permit a sizable increase in the number of high-tech visas, at the same time it mandates new measures to crack down on future unlawful immigration.

Read more: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/visa-and-immigration/us-senators-agree-to-expansion-of-high-tech-visas/articleshow/20175479.cms

[msongs]

1. our american-workers loving president will veto this, right? right? oh never mind nt

[ChromeFoundry]

2. Surely this helps the hard working American workers...

by creating even higher unemployment rates. Reduction of skilled and unskilled wages.

Higher corporate profits. More perks to our whores in Congress.

People of New York, tell Chuck Schumer to pull his head out of his ass.

[PSPS]

3. They please their masters: "the interests of the high-tech industry."

Between this and Apple's chief thieving parasite barking his orders, it was a wonderful day for our Potemkin "democracy."

[DainBramaged]

4. so aPPLE CAN BURY MORE PROFITS OVERSEAS WHILE HIRING FEWER HIGH-PRICED aMERICANS

cHUCKIE PHOTO BOMB CAN OFFICIALLY GO FUCK HIMSELF NOW, i WILL CALL HIS OFFICE TOMORROW AND TELL HIS AIDES.

[Bully Taw]

5. is it my understanding that the posters here

are only in favor of increasing the number of unskilled immigrants in this country? Or are you against citizenship and visas for all illegal imigrants?

[Skittles]

9. THEY SHOW OPEN CONTEMPT FOR AMERICAN WORKERS

WE ARE SICK OF IT

[Bully Taw]

13. who does?

Congress or the skilled workers coming into the country?

[Skittles]

16. oh, the "SKILLED" and "TALENT" defense

please, go pimp off jobs somewhere else

[Bully Taw]

18. this coming from someone

that has neither?? You made a point, or tried to. Now defend it. don't just complain. complaining takes neither skill nor talent. Making an argument does though. Are you skilled and talented, or are you just a complainer?

[Skittles]

23. OMG AREN'T YOU A PEACH!!!!

why oh WHY would I waste my time on someone like you?????

[Bully Taw]

24. and still....

no clarification of what you want except to howl at the moon. Do you want to help every worker, or just yourself?

[Bully Taw]

25. actually...

scratch that. If all you want to do is complain, then I will gladly leave you alone. I thought you were looking for discussion. My apologies.

[Kolesar]

10. I don't welcome the cheap engineers my boss is bringing in to drive down the price for my labor

Does that answer your question?

[Bully Taw]

12. yes

you only welcome unskilled labor. In that case, why not kick them all out and don't let anyone in.

[Kolesar]

14. go back to where you came from

Flamebaitistan

[Bully Taw]

17. that response is a bit douchy.

I really don't get what you are after. Are you really for just letting in unskilled workers, and if that is the case, even the unskilled workers take someones job or drive someone's wages down. If that is the case, then you must want to keep them all out.

[Kolesar]

19. ^Flame bait

act obtuse so you can be in a fight

[Bully Taw]

20. so, you just want to complain

no rationale, no real thought behind anything you say. You just came to howl at the moon. Howl away, man. go nuts.

[Bully Taw]

21. its a simple question...

are you in favor of keeping out all immigrant workers, or just the ones that affect you and your job?

[leveymg]

26. If those "cheap engineers" aren't being paid the same as you, as the law requires, you can do

something about it. H-1B workers are supposed to be paid the prevailing or actual wages paid similarly qualified US workers in similar positions. If they aren't in some systematic way -- but, that's unlikely -- ICE and/or USDOL would love to hear from you.

[dbackjon]

6. So the bill is screwing over American Workers and Gay Couples

Who runs the Senate?

[AdHocSolver]

7. Reduce the cost to Americans of a technical education and there won't be a shortage.of workers.

Increase the investment in renewable energy sources and there won't be a need for tar sands oil or more coal mining.

Set up a Medicare-style single-payer health care system and reduce medical costs substantially.

Get rid of trade agreements like NAFTA, the WTO, the IMF, and revise the tax code to eliminate off-shore tax havens, and the U.S. economy will "magically" correct itself.

None of our economic and political problems will be solved until the "solutions" do NOT ensure corporate profits "uber Alles".

[SharonAnn]

15. There isn't really a shortage of tech workers. They're just not cheap, indentured servant workers.

It's really all about wages.

If there were a shortage, then wages would be rising. They're not.

[Skittles]

8. what corporations want, corporations get

WE THE PEOPLE, not so much

[supernova]

11. Of course they did

Republicans rubber stamp anything the big-business community farts.

[Enrique]

22. finally addressing the #1 problem facing our country

the LABOR SHORTAGE.

we need a bigger sarcasm thingy for cases like this