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(123,964 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2024, 05:16 AM Dec 30

The H1B Visa Program Should Be Stopped Immediately [View all]

The H1B Visa Program Should Be Stopped Immediately

by lamina566
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Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 10:17:16p EST

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/29/2294292/-The-H1B-Visa-Program-Should-Be-Stopped-Immediately

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I am a IT professional (>40 years of professional experience) with BS, BSCHE, and MS IT degrees which are specific to IT use in different industries. I have IT specific certifications in order to substantiate and bolster my credentials as an IT professional. I was engaged as a full time individual and organizational contributor at IBM, Amdahl, Sun Micro-systems, SGI, and EMASS for 14 years and as an organizational contributor for IT initiatives facilitated for DVA and DOD for 8 years. I also spent 16 years as a private contractor work for / consulting with large corporations regarding upgrading / replacing legacy IT services.

As a private contractor I became intimately aware of H1B IT resources used by corporations and government because their credentials and qualifications were suspect. I came to the conclusion that US Corporations and US Federal, State, and local government organizations were paying H1B Visa contractors essentially minimum wages which was used to significantly reduce the compensation of credentialed / certified IT Contractor resources. Before I had the opportunity to participate as a contractor for IT services with US Corporations and US, State, and local government organizations, I had no opinion regarding the H1B Visa program. After watching how this program was being used to drive down the compensation of IT professionals (both full-time and contractor) by importing what is essentially "slave labor" for these organizations, I can now tell you that the H1B Visa program should done away with because what was a program which I thought was based on good objectives, i.e. retain the best and brightest foreign students graduating from US Academic Institutions, has been changed by US Politicians and US Corporations to import what is essentially "slave labor" to drive down the wages of US citizens in order to increase corporate profits.

The H1B Visa program has resulted in generating the largest group of illegal immigrants, H1B Visa Over-Stays, in the US. The biggest con of President Elect Trump is that he wants to deport illegal immigrants but he supports this program which has resulted in the largest group of illegal immigrants in the US today.

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The H1B Visa Program Should Be Stopped Immediately [View all] applegrove Dec 30 OP

Initiated by Bush Sr..... Lovie777 Dec 30 #1

It was introduced by Ted Kennedy whopis01 Dec 30 #17

I'm surprised Bush Sr. went down to the high 20's in approval Polybius Dec 30 #32

Recession and high unemployment whopis01 Dec 31 #48

Bush Sr., IMO, also lacked the kind of electioneering experience that most men who ascended to the presidency had. Midwestern Democrat Dec 31 #60

I understand the recession, but those were truly horrible numbers Polybius Dec 31 #61

Yep. MotownPgh Dec 31 #54

Corporations use H1-B Visas as basically a scam to pay tech workers less. SunSeeker Dec 30 #2

Solution is that they have to pay them 3x what those in Congress earn after 6 months 😂 cstanleytech Dec 30 #4

Yep ... and this WSJ - US IT unemployment at 6%, that's 50% higher than national avg uponit7771 Dec 30 #14

And that is the official unemployment rate. Old Crank Dec 30 #21

I'd simply limit it greatly to no more than a bare handful each year. cstanleytech Dec 30 #3

When McKinsey Comes to Town by Bogdanich and Forsyth. multigraincracker Dec 30 #5

Maybe president Biden Tickle Dec 30 #6

End indentured servitude Nululu Dec 30 #7

It's that way with ALL work visas in ALL countries. The sponsor of the visa owns your ass AZLD4Candidate Dec 30 #24

Many visas don't tie you to an employer Nululu Dec 30 #38

Do you know how HARD those visas are? I explored every way to get my wife here AZLD4Candidate Dec 30 #41

Women don't shut up and sit down on your say so. Nululu Dec 30 #43

When you go through a four year visa process to reunite with your spouse, you can tell me all about visa AZLD4Candidate Dec 31 #44

Doesn't excuse your rudeness or whataboutisms Nululu Dec 31 #45

Relative of mine when working in Big Finance BadgerKid Dec 30 #8

20,000 H1Bs are reserved for those graduating with a masters or doctorate speak easy Dec 30 #9

Only if its being used to suppress wages like current H1B abuses, WSJ - US IT unemployment is at 6% twice national avg uponit7771 Dec 30 #13

and the unemployment rate of those holding U.S. Doctorates? speak easy Dec 30 #18

While I don't like Doug Stanhope has a comic, he did have one good bit AZLD4Candidate Dec 30 #23

One of my kids is a fresh Computer Science graduate. mn9driver Dec 30 #10

Because of ghost jobs posted by h1B abusers people are forced no to go direct to recruiters and talk to them vs online uponit7771 Dec 30 #12

**THERE IS NO IT WORKER SHORTAGE!!** WSJ - US IT unemployment is at 6% !! 50% higher than national average uponit7771 Dec 30 #11

Half truths... JT45242 Dec 30 #15

You're partially right. H1B is our version of a work visa that all countries require if you wish to legally work in AZLD4Candidate Dec 30 #22

Places like Australia have defined MotownPgh Dec 31 #55

our visa laws were written by racists, businessmen, vulture investors, and nativistic xenophobes AZLD4Candidate Dec 31 #57

Well we vote for these lawmakers MotownPgh Dec 31 #58

garbage in, garbage out. when you have selfish ignorant citizens, you have selfish ignornant leaders AZLD4Candidate Dec 31 #59

I got laid off of an IT job 14 years ago, MurrayDelph Dec 30 #27

Im sure there are many that can fo the MotownPgh Dec 31 #56

Perhaps the real question should be? mgardener Dec 30 #16

Given that sensitive documents were found in the bathrooms a Mar A Lago... Yavin4 Dec 30 #36

wrong visa type (for Trump's employees) Celerity Dec 31 #46

Okay Yavin4 Dec 31 #62

I'm not sure this is true-- this is a widely held belief but I think it may be misinfo LymphocyteLover Dec 30 #19

Every country in the world has work visas. When I was in China, I was on a Z work visa because, even being married to AZLD4Candidate Dec 30 #20

here's an article from a year ago with some facts... PedroXimenez Dec 30 #25

The danger to middle-class American jobs is not Mexican agricultural workers, but H1B visas and similar subterfuges dalton99a Dec 30 #26

Can't H1B be used for non-tech jobs? Renew Deal Dec 30 #28

Uh, no, every person ought to be free to live and work where they choose. Voltaire2 Dec 30 #29

I could go along with that IF the US made huge public investments in housing, education, healthcare and transportation. Yavin4 Dec 30 #37

Indeed. Public infrastructure is critical. Voltaire2 Dec 31 #47

H1B is used to suppress the wages of American Klarkashton Dec 30 #30

So fix it. Igel Dec 30 #31

Killing it is not a cure, and continues the path of closing us off from the world Hekate Dec 30 #33

So how to regulate it so it is not used to lower the wages of Americans? applegrove Dec 30 #34

Given the anti-regulatory mood of MAGAGOP, I really don't know Hekate Dec 30 #35

Why? Immigrants are great for America. Jacson6 Dec 30 #39

It needs to be revamped at the very least so it cannot be abused so much. applegrove Dec 31 #50

When I worked in tech Unladen Swallow Dec 30 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Dec 30 #42

Now that it is being revealed that these are immigrants replacing technically skilled whites, the program Jit423 Dec 31 #49

H1B Visa makes me think of this Company Town Company Housing Company Store Oneear Dec 31 #51

All work visas in all countries are like that. Speaking from experience having one in five countries AZLD4Candidate Dec 31 #52

I concur a million times over. MotownPgh Dec 31 #53

Only if we had obnoxiousdrunk Dec 31 #63