For two decades every time a President addresses Congress, we have cringed as we waited for the obligatory paragraph about the need to honor our immigration traditions and welcome more foreign workers who will save our economy. Clinton and Bush nearly always stuck it to us at least once in each speech. Obama didn't last night. For that I'm thankful. But .......
The Indiana Senate passed SB 580 on Tuesday by a vote of 37-13. The bill now moves to the State House for further action, and if passed, the state would join 11 other states in getting tough on companies that hire illegal foreign workers instead of Americans.
Texas Representatives Sam Johnson and California Rep. Brian Bilbray were among the 19 original cosigners when Rep. Phil Gingrey introduced H.R.878 (Nuclear Family Priority Act) earlier this month.
With rising unemployment figures in the United States and the possibility of more legislation similar to the H-1B restrictions added into the economic stimulus package, Indian outsourcing firms are looking to hire Americans for U.S.-based Indian companies. A report in the Wall Street Journal says that the large outsourcing firms Infosys Technologies and Wipro are looking to hire Americans so they can remain competitive if the ability to hire foreign workers tightens.
Georgia Representatives Tom Price and Lynn Westmoreland were among the 19 original cosigners when Rep. Phil Gingrey introduced H.R.878 (Nuclear Family Priority Act) earlier this month.
According to statistics released by Mexico's National Statistics, Geography and Information Institute, migration to the United States was down more than 50 percent from August 2007 to August 2008. The net flow of Mexicans moving to the United States dropped from 455,000 to 204,000.
The bill would allow an alien to return as an H-2B nonimmigrant worker without counting against the annual 66,000 cap if they have used an H-2B visa during one of the three previous fiscal years (i.e., potentially tripling the number of H-2Bs in the U.S. at one time). In addition, this legislation would be effective as if enacted on December 1, 2008.
To extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.
