H1B Visas on ABC News

[spnarticus]

What a crock of sh*t....there are countless unemployed new college grads who are ignored in favor of cheaper imported labor.

[madscientistify]

japan??japan has some of the worst immigration rules on this planet.i'm an african student in america but i have to say i really hate it when foreign people come to america and usually want things done their way.the usa is a good host nation, dont misuse their kindness people.oh and yes they do have a ryt to pass whichever laws they deem fit

[cybercutealicious]

they are not temporary... this is a path to citizenship visa... another sob story about the visa holders, how about a sob story for the THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND AMERICAN ENGINEERS THROWN TO THE STREETS in 2009, replaced by h-1b visa holders

[wheelinthesky300]

To work in "specialty" occupations?

What she really means is to replace American workers with foreigners at a lower wage.

Disgusting.

[jakeleone]

Well as of today, "Caustic Graphics" doesn't have a single tech job on it's own web site.

Only 1 job, part-time Administrative Assistant, is advertised.

Why aren't they advertising their tech jobs, on their own website?

Maybe because they are liars?

News orgs, like ABC 7, need to do a little work following up such corporate tripe.

All Lilian Kim needed has to do is go and visit Caustic's website, and see what a bald-face lie, con-job that was perpetrated.

[linuxguru1968]

@jakeleone Its a con job because this kind of company is called an "Immigration Mill" - its doesn't do legit business - its designed to immigrate young cheap workers into the US. If you look at the video you don't see anyone over 30yo - that because that what H1B isa about - age discrimination, worker displacement and cheap labor.

[wheelinthesky300]

@linuxguru1968 Sure, there are no American graphic designers.

Sure, sure.

Actually, there are thousands of American designers looking for work.

[linuxguru1968]

@wheelinthesky300 H1B is a worker government sponsored worker displacement and age discrimintation program. I understand they are now bringing in architects at a whopping 32K/year on H1B disproving the myth that all H1Bs are high paid rare scientists doing cutting edge research.

[wheelinthesky300]

@jakeleone Why didn't the media investigate?

Because they are in cahoots with corporate America.

Boycott Caustic Graphics.

[jakeleone]

"Seguro Nishioka is a 'Graphic Designer' in San Francisco..."

!!!This is not a scientific occupation!!!

This points out a big flaws with the H-1b program...

Anyone can use the H-1b visa to get in...and there are documented cases of people coming in as clerk, gas station attendant, hooker...

Wouldn't it make sense if the H-1b was used more efficiently?

When California is at 12+ percent unemployment, we should be hiring the many qualified U.S. citizens in to such position.

[wheelinthesky300]

@jakeleone The H1B Visa should be abolished, not "used efficiently".

[virgoptrex]

This is something I never understood commpletely in life....humanity is born...humanity is divided...humanity calls itself in evolution...division leads to countries...countries lead to specism, racism or nationalism....people migrate...people who migrated prevent migration....human discriminates against humans....humans need qualiity but quality doesn't follow racism/ nationalism...it follows humanity...peace to all!....wow ......no wonder people loose the happiness they strive so hard to find!

[wheelinthesky300]

@virgoptrex Did you just drop acid?

[virgoptrex]

@wheelinthesky300 i just dropped a love bomb!

[prudently4u]

The U.S. is not legally required to issue or extend a single H-1B visa. The USCIS states that H-1B visas are a 3 year visa (total stay limited to 6 years) for temporary, nonimmigrant workers. These workers are to fill specialty positions when this talent cannot be secured from the local labor pool. Employers are not required to advertise the positions and are given a legal means to discriminate against U.S. workers. Right now, we should not issue and not renew another H-1B visa.

[021saad]

ha ha ha no visa for endians

[indiasucksalways]

Microsoft sent a lot of programming work to India and the result was VISTA. MS's stock is now $5. Apple CLOSED it's Indian R&D in 2005 and most of their developers are still American. Apple's stock is at $90 and they are doubling in size every year.

Yep - turd world Asian labor sure has been good for the U.S. and world economy!

[indiasucksalways]

WASHINGTON - An employee of the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and a private contractor were charged with corruption Thursday after an FBI raid at the former office of one of President Obama's appointees, Vivek Kundr

[SheenaHannah2008]

I would suggest Americans should spend more time in school than bar!

[RCWorks]

I would suggest you pull your head out of your ass.

[SheenaHannah2008]

Okey, in Microsoft, theres a of H1B visa...there's more to this news.. I guess,we asians spend more time in school than americans and I guess we are more smarter. It's telling me H1b visas employees driving bmw or mercedes than mostly amsericans driving ford, chrysler or hyundai... Hahahah!! Get over it! We are smarter!

[RonRepublican]

No more H1-Bs and send them home. There are lots of American workers that can do these jobs

[wackyMacky801]

LOL. They use a Japanese to make it look good. In fact, most are Chinese or Indians, because they are cheap and for all intents, slaves.

[chinasucksforever]

Funny, but Apple just posted ANOTHER record quarter. Apple doesn't hire lots of imported workers. Meanwhile Microsoft does and look at the mess Vista is in.

If these imported workers are so smart, why are they trained by AMERICANS when they get here?

What a fraud.

[wackyMacky801]

Apple does all their manufacturing in China

[indiasucksalways]

I'm talking about SOFTWARE moron - you know - the work that Indians claim Americans can't do? Apple closed its R&D center in India in 2006 and does not employ a SINGLE programmer in India. No layoffs at Apple. Hmmm... maybe there is some connection there.

As for China, what you really meant to say is Apple manufactures its machines in China in an American-designed factory using Chinese slaves trained and educated by Americans.

[chinasucksforever]

Does everyone know that Indians have now taken over Neilsen ratings in Florida so they can sabotage any American TV or radio show that goes against the pro-India agenda. FOREIGN CONTROL PEOPLE!

We should not allow FOREIGN CONTROL of the media!

Google on "Neilsen, Oldsmar Florida" and see what you find! The Indians even paid the mayor of the place to allow it!

[imtheslime2]

Have you ever noticed there's this new profession out there now. "Immigration Attorney". For a while, I thought it emerged due to all the attention with the illegals, but that's not it.

It's slimey lawyers making money off this situation. I sent an emal to one of these firms "H1Bs NOW" or something, asking them how they sleep at night. I didn't get a response.

[AmericaAndAllies]

The truth is that the technical management of most corporations is woefully lacking.

They look only at the pay scales when offering work and hiring H-1B applicants and never toward the performance of the workers they have.

If you have no measurement of performance, how can you possibly declare that you do not have enough skilled workers at your disposal?

Management might know the buzzwords but they lack a fundamental understanding of the trade. They are in fact the ones that are lacking.

[imtheslime2]

This is an excellent point! For all they know, they have too many employees!

Most Technical Management run on pure Perception anyway. Meaning they aren't capable quantifying performance because they have no clue what you're doing anyway, so they just use perception (the words of others, past experience etc.)

The government is listening to them - not us.

[iconoclast616]

The problem is that these countries, China and India, have NO track record for inventing any major technological artifacts. If the government destroys the creative potential of the native born American people, human innovation may stop. That is a crime against humanity.

[dstevens101]

Yes, American corporations are completely addicted to cheap labor; but at what cost to not just American workers, but America herself with the massive tax base loss.

The so-called "democrat", champions of the people, have allowed loopholes that allow corps to replace Americans IN THEIR SEATS with cheaper and more docile non-immigrant workers.

"Won't work nights and weekends heh? How would you like to be shipped back!?!"

[DornBear]

Part Four

Come on, business could be doing all kinds of partnering with American colleges to make sure they got their quota of American talent.

[DornBear]

Part Three

Shortage

On the other hand, why would corporate industry groups spend so much time and money promoting the idea that there is a shortage?

Because they believe that cheaper labor will help them achieve their business goals of higher profits. Would they stoop so low as to promote falsehoods that undermine American professional in their own country? Watch The Corporation (YouTube) to get some insight. Search on "How Not To Hire An American" (YouTube)

[DornBear]

Part Two

No Shortage

Why would a university professor take the time to write a 150 page fully researched and documented report to Congress called "Debunking The Myth Of The Desperate Software Labor Shortage" (avail on the web)? Because he is a teacher and he wants his students to be able to work in the profession they studied.

[DornBear]

Part One

It is nice to see a report so empathetic to a foreigner here on a worker visa, but why haven't I seen reports with the same empathy toward American kids graduating from college who are looking hard for hig tech jobs and cannot find them - after they invested usually thousands of dollars in tuition money and years of time to prepare for those jobs.

[bogdanion1981]

Well, again, you show a high degree of ignorance. Do a quick search on wikipedia for the "List_of_IT_companies_in_Banga­lore"

One more thing: I am not from India and my field of activity has nothing to do with IT, either.

[bogdanion1981]

GREAT! You've said it yourself: "Incompetents don't like competition".

I have no further comments, except to say that I would never go to such a low level(as the "Hey scumbag" message you sent me in private few days ago).

[inachu]

Lillian Kim and Eun Yang are hotties!

[geek571]

See all twenty original Cohen & Grigsby YouTube videos. They have been reposted at this website.

Lyre, Lyre Pantz & Fier

Google search "lyrelyrepantzandfier" to locale website.

You should see a "Lyre, Lyre Pantz & Fier " title

on a bogus law firm website.

Click on "cgseminar" on bar under title. Scroll down and the videos should be there. They are not on YouTube. This is a law firm holding a seminar instructing employers on how to AVOID hiring qualified American workers.

[hpmc61]

immigration lawyers are the scum of the earth

explain to this japanese kid, japanese laws to protect japanese workers

his attitude 'wat yose, mine, wat mine, mine'

[wheelinthesky300]

@hpmc61 Japan has H1B Visas.

For Korean "comfort women", i.e., hookers.

[pprotus]

Don't overlook the longer-term process. In many cases, the H-1Bs are being groomed by these large companies. The H-1Bs will eventually become trainers and team leaders at off-shore facilities owned by the same company. Afterwards, the USA based facilities will be "right-sized" or closed entirely. This is a no-brainer for the company. Done correctly, a multinational company can create an off-shore facility with leadership that was educated and trained in the USA.

[DornBear]

I think you should PROVE that there are not Americans to take the job because I know alot of Americans that would love a Computer Graphics job. Where have you looked?

[bogdanion1981]

Well, why don't you take into account that the Americans that you know are not that "qualified" after all? Or, as most of you Americans think, if you know how to plug in the computer, you are IT professionals, right? Try to study more, ask for an US education reform and you won't have this kind of problems in the future.

[DornBear]

It really annoys me when this issue is covered in snippets like this. H-1B visa are being used to STREAMLINE OUTSOURCING OF AMERICAN JOBS. Computer Graphics is one of the next careers to be outsourced.  H-1B visas SPEED UP THE PROCESS. Outsourcing is happening at a rate that is hurting Americans already.

You have heard about the IT field, right. How many professions will have to be wiped out before Americans demand a moratorium on the H-1Bs.

NumbersUSA

[zeemee100]

I agree. Graphic designers are not rare anymore in this countly. Above all, as he is Japanese, unless the company he works for conducts business related to the Japanese market, he won't qualify for the visa.

[iconoclast616]

Suguru doesn't look like a "rare worker" to me - looks like work that could be done by a Latino or Black kid born here in the USA.

[tcronkel]

That is for sure. We need to stop this madness. Who really ares if it would be better for most of the world to live here and to get this type of visa? What about the companies who hire them? Are they capable of handling this responsibility without any help from the US government? It would appear that they are not.

The people of the USA come first, as far as I am concerned. Tell the companies who want to hire H-1B to forget it and tell all the rest of these guys to go home.

[70AMX]

Vote Tom Tancredo 2008

Tom wants to abolish H1B visas and introduced House Bill 2688 to do just that.

[manjotgrewal81]

ALL AMERICANS AGAINST H1B TAKE THIS:

Your global companies sell products globally causing loss of local businesses and jobs. then these companies pay tax in usa and you enjoy that tax. Don't you. so you want globalization go one way only for your benefit but dont want it to come towards you...grow up and think balanced....

[seemit]

Point! people are against foreign workers only. How about native US cos. taking their work abroad altogether? I think that is causing more job losses to native americans than caused by legal workers. 65K H1-Bs are allowed every year to be employed in cos. in US. But how about US cos. opening multiple offices each in Brazil, China, Mexico etc. Each office may cause 2K jobs!! Why not go against the employers now?

[chinasucksforever]

American corporations have found that they cannot take the jobs overseas, despite what they are saying. That's because of the corruption in the third world countries, lack of infrastructure, and the inverse time difference which makes doing business with people in the U.S. impossible. The fact is, U.S. companies need to bring the cheap labor here. That is why they are pushing for it so hard.