High-skilled Americans

News to Pres. Obama? 1.8 Million Americans With Engineering DEGREES Don't Have Engineering JOBS

Updated: May 15th, 2017, 4:12 pm

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  by  Roy Beck

Pres. Obama's own staff has produced the data to show that the President was wrong Monday when he said America doesn't have enough engineers, was wrong last week in the State of the Union to say we need more high-skilled foreign workers, and was wrong in sending out spokespersons to claim that not enough Americans are obtaining engineering degrees. But the President -- like most Republican leaders -- tends not to look for facts when thinking about immigration but just looks to his elite business cronies. Look at the numbers in this shocking new report . . .

Senators Grassley and Durbin Outline Concerns on H-1B Fraud

Sens. Grassley and Durbin

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Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have sent a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, outlining their concerns of abuse within the H-1B visa program. The H-1B visa program allots 65,000 3-year visas per year for highly-skilled workers with more than half used by high-tech companies. The 65,000 visa cap for the 2011 fiscal year was reached last week, which could prompt calls for increasing the annual cap.

Wall Street Firms Finding Their Way Around Foreign Worker Limitations

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When Congress passed the economic stimulus package in February, the bill included a provision restricting companies that utilize TARP money from hiring foreign workers. The measure was meant to protect American workers, but several Wall Street firms are still hiring foreign workers and simply moving their jobs oversees.

Government probing work of immigration law firm

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"The nation's largest immigration law firm is under federal scrutiny over whether it helped major U.S. corporations disqualify American job applicants and give thousands of high-paying positions to immigrants.

The unprecedented Labor Department inquiry centers on Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy -- a New York firm at the forefront of a political effort to ease hiring of skilled foreign workers...."

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080624/immigration_lawyers.html?.v=1

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