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37. As you noted, they were years apart

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:44 AM

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Much has changed, even within the past 2 years. According to the same information, Sen. Grassley found that only 20% of the petitions were in error. Of these, only 13% of them were fraudulent, although Sen. Grassley characterized all of them as fraudulent. That's actually a very low rate of fraud.

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H-1B visas used by firm to create low-cost workforce, U.S. alleges [View all] OhioChick Mar 2013 OP

Gasp Phlem Mar 2013 #1

Anywhere there's a greedhead in charge. another_liberal Mar 2013 #4

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you! valerief Mar 2013 #13

Wow. Who could have foreseen this? (I mean, other than the Corpos) . . . Journeyman Mar 2013 #2

I just don't get this whole H-1B visa game. Hulk Mar 2013 #3

You'll have to temper that with Phlem Mar 2013 #9

Fuckin' A! AAO Mar 2013 #15

Yeah, nothing personal, just business, what a bullshit concept. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #17

CEO's economic target is his bonus check and golden parchute. n/t L0oniX Mar 2013 #18

That pretty much Phlem Mar 2013 #23

Companies want cheap labor LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #10

Can you back up your assertion that companies with H-1B workers bend the rules? WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2013 #29

Here's some testimony from House Immigration Subcommittee hearings & more LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #35

As you noted, they were years apart WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2013 #37

But American IT workers are still being screwed out of jobs LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #38

Is your brother-in-law willing to relocate? primavera Mar 2013 #48

Unfortunately he's stuck in NJ because of his kids LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #49

I'm sorry, that sucks primavera Mar 2013 #50

They have all kinds of ways to get around that wage issue LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #51

Well, I never said the program was perfect primavera Mar 2013 #52

The flaw in your analysis is that you let companies get away with over specification of qualificatio cap Mar 2013 #58

You do know, of course, that paralegal functions are getting outsourced to India? cap Mar 2013 #60

You presume a great deal primavera Mar 2013 #64

You miss the experiences of my generation cap Apr 2013 #65

Wow, a lot of issues there primavera Apr 2013 #68

Yup- My son is going to college for CS Marrah_G Mar 2013 #40

Any one remember the NSDL program? Retrograde Mar 2013 #57

We have engineers. They just don't to pay them the going rate. SharonAnn Mar 2013 #11

Skilled welding will not qualify for H-1B visas WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2013 #32

Missing is the simple truth that management never wants to pay full price. Ford_Prefect Mar 2013 #12

First, we do "educate more" Yavin4 Mar 2013 #33

We should be pushing for better education primavera Mar 2013 #46

True experts have always come into this country on an O visa cap Mar 2013 #59

Where are all the DU Immigration Lawyer's responses on this one??? ChromeFoundry Mar 2013 #5

H1-B visas are a racket TexasBushwhacker Mar 2013 #6

Because employers can be audited and inspected by ICE or USCIS or DOL WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2013 #34

The fact that your fathers company can't find people for 2years is BS cap Mar 2013 #61

They get audited primavera Mar 2013 #47

Start hiring African Americans in droves cap Mar 2013 #62

The Departments of Labor and State are Complicit As Well mckara Mar 2013 #7

Why would you be hiring a non-American caregiver? FrodosPet Mar 2013 #26

Ah, In a Perfect World, That would Be the Solution mckara Mar 2013 #28

So how would a foreign company operate in the U.S. if it were barred to bring in people from the HQ WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2013 #30

The same way it used to and the same way American firms operate in Europe cap Mar 2013 #63

Did you have attorney assistance? The H-1B is not a good visa option for caregivers WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2013 #36

My Lawyer's Assessment: Don't Waste Your Time or Money mckara Mar 2013 #39

Why couldn't you hire an caregiver that already lives here? Marrah_G Apr 2013 #66

H1B DainBramaged Mar 2013 #8

As Nic Cage once "said." sakabatou Mar 2013 #14

Ah yes free market capitalism at work. Don't cha just luv it n/t L0oniX Mar 2013 #16

We need more STEM graduates to do what now? jsr Mar 2013 #19

Oh, that's easy cuncator Mar 2013 #21

Be teaching assistants to teach more undergrads? BadgerKid Mar 2013 #53

K&R... midnight Mar 2013 #20

OMG, that is SO hard to believe!!! Skittles Mar 2013 #22

They should have hid it better daybranch Mar 2013 #24

so how can these poor(er) countries greymattermom Mar 2013 #25

In general, they only have a military presence in one country - their own. Nihil Mar 2013 #27

They must not have paid their protection money this month. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #31

Kick! sarcasmo Mar 2013 #41

There are other guest worker visa like the H-2 program for farm & forest work that are peonage Sunlei Mar 2013 #42

great article - nt markiv Mar 2013 #43

SOP - nothing new here markiv Mar 2013 #44

I'm shocked The Second Stone Mar 2013 #45

This is why people formed unions Yavin4 Mar 2013 #54

it is exactly the sort of stuff that caused the formation of unionjs nt markiv Mar 2013 #55

Whenever I see posts like these.... Yavin4 Mar 2013 #56

No shit, Sherlock Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #67