IP: Re: FIRMS GO OUTSIDE BOX, TO CONGRESS TO SOLVE HIGH-TECH WORKERSHORTAGE from Educause

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: "Ralph Sierra" <ralph.sierra () erols com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
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> Give me a break - will somebody please mention that the king doesn't have
> any clothes on!  Asking to have the cap suspended for three years on visas
> for foreign high-tech workers is a negotiating ploy.  It won't go through
> congress but then there will be a compromise - somewhere between 115,000 and
> "the sky's the limit".  And let's own up to another fact, companies bring
> foreign workers in because they can get them for a third less than hiring
> American workers - plus (typical of American management's short-term
> thinking) they figure they may need to dump these workers in a year, and
> getting rid of foreigners will be easier than getting rid of Americans.
> But, of course, the sky isn't falling, and the foreign workers end up
> staying until they get their green card.  Meanwhile, Americans don't get
> these important jobs as congress continues to do the bidding of American
> corporations.