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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Immigrants in the hi tech sector are creating hundreds of thousands of jobs a year:
Some 40% of Fortune 500 firms were founded by immigrants or their children. So were the firms behind seven of the ten most valuable brands in the world. Although the foreign-born are only an eighth of America’s population, a quarter of high-tech start-ups have an immigrant founders.[/quote]

There's a big difference between an immigrant moving here to start a business (and create jobs) and someone being used as a pawn in a labor cost reduction system, which is what the H1B program has become.

Originally, the H1B program was to bring in talent that could not reasonably be found domestically, so companies are forced to bring talent in. Today, the overwhelming majority of H1B hires are doing jobs for which many local workers are available.

The solution is to put a minimum salary requirement for all H1B hires. If you really can't find someone locally to do the job, clearly you are in need of a highly specialized talent for which a $150k+ salary should be a small price to pay. This would keep H1B hires back to their [b]original purpose: to hire highly specialized talent that cannot be found locally.[/b][/quote]
No. You are confused about the purpose of the program.  H1B holders were never meant to plug the skill gap by demonstrating the sort of skills that cannot be found domestically.  This standard applies if, and only if, the company is sponsoring a foreign national for a green card.  All that a company is required to demonstrate to hire an H1B is that the job requires at least a bachelor's degree.  There are no requirements in the program to demonstrate that the employee cannot be found locally. [/quote]

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