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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]H1B visas- bring people in and we can see the children and grandchildren of prior H1B who are US citizens get snookered out of a job.

On another thread I commented that based on my experience if a person can work an iphone, laptop, etc they can work at a call center with training.  Homeless due to jobless people in DC ?  https://www.outsource2india.com/callcenter/site/

Low middle class income v no income?  People moved from the south for manufacturing jobs in the north.  Jobs gone. 
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Your kid didn't lose a job because an h1b is cheaper. He lost a job because he barely squeaked by in college and thinks an mcse certification erases that.  Foreign born engineers are kicking our kids' butts. [/quote]

Not my child.  H1B's are cheaper.  Our country can and does produce engineers and tech people.  And we would have more if financial aid and loans and grants were bumped up for our citizens MAJORING in STEM.  [/quote]

H1Bs are cheaper.  But that said it often ends up costing as much because a lot of the foreign born engineers are like a one-trick-pony - they may have technical expertise but it is very narrow and they have very few skills beyond that - plus poor communication skills.  Plus, there's often also a lot of other corner-cutting that goes along with it, as opposed to conscientiousness and due dilligence.

I think we need to set up systems for total transparency.  I think we should make generous provisions for work visas of all kinds (including for construction/hospitality/ag workers from Mexico and Central America) but the entire process should be done via an online website, where companies have to fully justify and advertise every position that they are interested in filling using foreign labor, where companies would compete against each other for foreign workers through wages and benefits, where American workers would have an opportunity and right of first refusal to get those jobs.  Similarly, if an American company plans to offshore, I think there should be a full and complete and transparent online justification provided so that American communities and workers can have the first shot at retaining those companies.  If it's a matter of something like moving to save a dollar an hour in labor costs or to circumvent some environmental regulation, it should be flat-out refused.[/quote]

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