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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.

[b]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. [/b]

The solution is to put a minimum salary requirement for all H1B hires. [b]If you really can't find someone locally[/b] 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. [b]This would keep H1B hires back to their original purpose: to hire highly specialized talent that cannot be found locally[/b].[/quote]

Run for president, please![/quote]
Again, you are presenting your wishful thinking about what H1B should be (according to you), rather than what it is. H1B is not, and has never been about bringing in highly specialized talent for which no local options exist. There isn't, and there has never been any requirements for the employer in this program to demonstrate that no local candidates can be hired for this job. All the employer is required to demonstrate is that the job requires, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree.   Employers are not required to demonstrate that specialized skills are required beyond a bachelor's degree.

The requirement to prove that no local options exist applies only in cases of green card sponsorship/labor certification.  This does not apply to H1B and never has. [/quote]

The H1B program is for "specialty occupations." A guy doing general IT or entry-level development work for $50-90k should not be considered "specialty" work in modern times.

If there is truly a niche problem that only a guy from Bangalore can solve, then I'm fine with bringing him over -- provided he is paid extremely well for his "special" talents. I would think that a special talent should be paid a minimum of $150k. Otherwise, he's obviously not that special.
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