Trump at risk of 'letting down American workers,' says IEEE-USA

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Trump’s time for H-1B action is closing fast

On April 1, the U.S. will use a lottery to distribute the annual allotment of H-1B visas. If history is a guide, a major portion of those visas will go to offshore outsourcing firms that move IT work overseas. Meanwhile, non-outsourcing firms -- especially those firms that may be hiring only one or two visa workers -- stand a good chance of losing the lottery.

President Donald Trump can change the system to favor smaller users of the visa, say critics of the program, but only if he acts quickly.

Trump has been critical of the visa program, and his administration is considering an H-1B visa distribution system that favors the "best and brightest." Although Trump's administration hasn't detailed how this might work, it would favor a random visa lottery distribution that gives priority to firms paying high wages, workers with advanced degrees and certain skills.

Although it's not yet clear what the new administration is planning, Trump has promised fast action. In November he said action on work visas would be a "day one" action by his administration.

More: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3165525/it-careers/trump-at-risk-of-letting-down-american-workers-says-ieee-usa.html

Snip~ "This opens up potentially another problem, say some critics who believe the biggest threat facing IT workers from the H-1B visa program is age discrimination. If large IT firms have more access to H-1B visas they may prefer hiring the younger workers, who are also somewhat dependent on their employers if they wish to remain in the U.S."

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1. Fake news from the IEEE

As a member of nearly thirty years of the IEEE, I've noticed that this group is very happy with limitations on immigrants. That helps us so I don't know what the IEEE is going about this time.